uppskafningur

Icelandic

A section of the Codex Ephraemi from the National Library in Paris is an example of a uppskafningur (“palimpsest”).

Noun

uppskafningur m (genitive singular uppskafnings, nominative plural uppskafningar)

1. upstart, parvenu
2. dandy, fop
3. palimpsest (manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse)

   Synonym: skafið handrit

Declension

Declension of uppskafningur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	uppskafningur	uppskafningurinn	uppskafningar	uppskafningarnir
accusative	uppskafning	uppskafninginn	uppskafninga	uppskafningana
dative	uppskafningi	uppskafningnum	uppskafningum	uppskafningunum
genitive	uppskafnings	uppskafningsins	uppskafninga	uppskafninganna

Derived terms

• uppskafningsháttur
• uppskafningskvendi
• uppskafningsminni
• uppskafningsöld

Related terms

• uppskafning
• skafa upp

Further reading

• “uppskafningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)