jarpr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”). Cognate to Old High German erpf (“brown, dark”), Old English eorp (“dark, brown”).

Adjective

jarpr

1. brown

Declension

    Strong declension of jarpr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpr	jǫrp	jarpt
accusative	jarpan	jarpa	jarpt
dative	jǫrpum	jarpri	jǫrpu
genitive	jarps	jarprar	jarps
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpir	jarpar	jǫrp
accusative	jarpa	jarpar	jǫrp
dative	jǫrpum	jǫrpum	jǫrpum
genitive	jarpra	jarpra	jarpra

    Weak declension of jarpr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpi	jarpa	jarpa
accusative	jarpa	jǫrpu	jarpa
dative	jarpa	jǫrpu	jarpa
genitive	jarpa	jǫrpu	jarpa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫrpu	jǫrpu	jǫrpu
accusative	jǫrpu	jǫrpu	jǫrpu
dative	jǫrpum	jǫrpum	jǫrpum
genitive	jǫrpu	jǫrpu	jǫrpu

    Declension of comparative of jarpr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpari	jarpari	jarpara
accusative	jarpara	jarpari	jarpara
dative	jarpara	jarpari	jarpara
genitive	jarpara	jarpari	jarpara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpari	jarpari	jarpari
accusative	jarpari	jarpari	jarpari
dative	jǫrpurum	jǫrpurum	jǫrpurum
genitive	jarpari	jarpari	jarpari

    Strong declension of superlative of jarpr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpastr	jǫrpust	jarpast
accusative	jarpastan	jarpasta	jarpast
dative	jǫrpustum	jarpastri	jǫrpustu
genitive	jarpasts	jarpastrar	jarpasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpastir	jarpastar	jǫrpust
accusative	jarpasta	jarpastar	jǫrpust
dative	jǫrpustum	jǫrpustum	jǫrpustum
genitive	jarpastra	jarpastra	jarpastra

    Weak declension of superlative of jarpr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jarpasti	jarpasta	jarpasta
accusative	jarpasta	jǫrpustu	jarpasta
dative	jarpasta	jǫrpustu	jarpasta
genitive	jarpasta	jǫrpustu	jarpasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu
accusative	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu
dative	jǫrpustum	jǫrpustum	jǫrpustum
genitive	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu	jǫrpustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: jarpur
• Faroese: jarpur
• ⇒ Old Norse: jarpi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarpe m, jerpe m or f (“hazel grouse”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jerpe m or f (“hazel grouse”)
  • Swedish: järpe c (“hazel grouse”)
    • → Danish: hjerpe, jærpe c (“hazel grouse”)

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
víolat

References

• “jarpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press