kroppr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.

Noun

kroppr m (genitive kropps)

1. body

Declension

Declension of kroppr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kroppr	kropprinn	kroppar	kropparnir
accusative	kropp	kroppinn	kroppa	kroppana
dative	kroppi	kroppinum	kroppum	kroppunum
genitive	kropps	kroppsins	kroppa	kroppanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kroppur
• Faroese: kroppur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kropp
• Norwegian Bokmål: kropp
• Old Swedish: kropper, krupper
  • Swedish: kropp
• Danish: krop

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kroppr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive