skarfr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *skarf-, *skarb-, *skraf-, of imitative origin.
Noun
[edit]skarfr m (genitive skarfs, plural skarfar)
- cormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Icelandic: skarfur
- Faroese: skarvur
- Norwegian Bokmål: skarv
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skarv
- Swedish: skarv
- Danish: skarv
- → Scottish Gaelic: sgarbh
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skarfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive