spǫrr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sparr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr.

Noun

spǫrr m (genitive spǫrs or sparrar, dative spǫrvi, plural spǫrvar)

1. sparrow

Inflection

  Declension of spǫrr (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spǫrr	spǫrrinn	spǫrvar	spǫrvarnir
accusative	spǫr	spǫrinn	spǫrva	spǫrvana
dative	spǫrvi	spǫrvinum	spǫrum	spǫrunum
genitive	spǫrs, sparrar	spǫrsins, sparrarins	spǫrva	spǫrvanna

Descendants

• Faroese: spurvur m
• Icelandic: spörr m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv m
• Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spørwe
  • Danish: spurv c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: spurv m
• Old Swedish: sparver m, spørver m, sparff m
  • Swedish: sparv c
• → Middle English: *spar
  • English: sparr