korpr
Old Norse
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Unrelated to karpa, carp, and the similarly formed corvus (whence corb), κόραξ (kórax).
Usage notes
- While the common term in many of the descendant languages, in Old Nordic this term was very rare compared to hrafn.
Declension
Descendants
References
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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