korpr
Old Norse
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Unrelated to karpa, carp, and the similarly formed corvus (whence corb), κόραξ (kórax).
Declension
Descendants
References
- “korpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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