upphaf

From Old Norse upphaf.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏhp.haːv/

upphaf n (genitive singular upphafs, no plural)

1. beginning, start
   • Icelandic translation of Genesis 1:1

     Í upphafi skapaði Guð himin og jörð.

     In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

• upphafsskjár

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upphaf n

1. beginning
   • Gospel of John 1,1 (from "Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier" ed. Wisén 1872)

     Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð.

2. advancement, honour

• upphafari m (“founder”)
• upphafligr (“original”)
• upphafning f (“elevation, pride”)
• upphafsmaðr m (“author, originator”)
• upphafsstafr m (“initial letter”)

• upphaf in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.