skarfr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skarf-, *skarb-, *skraf-, of imitative origin.

Noun

skarfr m (genitive skarfs, plural skarfar)

1. cormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)

Declension

  Declension of skarfr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skarfr	skarfrinn	skarfar	skarfarnir
accusative	skarf	skarfinn	skarfa	skarfana
dative	skarfi	skarfinum	skarfum	skarfunum
genitive	skarfs	skarfsins	skarfa	skarfanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skarfur
• Faroese: skarvur
• Norwegian Bokmål: skarv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skarv
• Swedish: skarv
• Danish: skarv
• → Scottish Gaelic: sgarbh

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press