skarv

From Old Norse skarfr, from a Germanic base imitative of the birds' harsh croaking sounds.

skarv c

1. shag, cormorant (a bird)
2. great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɹv/
• Rhymes: -aɹv

skarv

1. indefinite accusative singular of skarvur

From Old Norse skarfr.

skarv m (definite singular skarven, indefinite plural skarver, definite plural skarvene)

1. a cormorant (seabird)

• storskarv

• “skarv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /skɑrʋ/

From Old Norse skarfr.

skarv m (definite singular skarven, indefinite plural skarvar, definite plural skarvane)

1. a bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae, the cormorants and shags

• storskarv

skarv n (definite singular skarvet, indefinite plural skarv, definite plural skarva)

1. cliff, bare rockface

• “skarv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• skarf (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Norse skarfr, from a Germanic base imitative of the birds' harsh croaking sounds.

skarv c

1. a joint
2. an extension
3. a cormorant (a bird)

• skarva
• skarvsladd
• storskarv

• Lockwood, William Burley (1984): The Oxford book of British bird names, p. 134

• kravs, vraks