korpr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic. Unrelated to karpa, carp, and the similarly formed corvus (whence corb), κόραξ (kórax).
Noun edit
korpr m
Usage notes edit
- While the common term in many of the descendant languages, in Old Nordic this term was very rare compared to hrafn.
Declension edit
Declension of korpr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- 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.)