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SKARP
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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
Old Norse
skarpr = 'barren', 'skinny', 'sharp' [2]
skarpr = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3] [4]
Old Saxon
scarp = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3]
Old Frisian
skerp = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3]
Old English
sćearp = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3]
Old High German
scarf = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3]
scarf = 'sharp', 'cutting' [1]
scarpf = 'shrunken', 'barren', 'stiff'; 'meager', 'sharp', 'hard', 'strong' [3]
scarph = 'sharp', 'cutting' [1]
Related Names
See Skarpi
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| HEÐIN | see Skarpheðinn |
| HEID | see Skarpheiður |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)