uppskafningur
Icelandic
editNoun
edituppskafningur n (genitive singular uppskafnings, nominative plural uppskafningar)
- an upstart, a parvenu
- a dandy, a fop
- a palimpsest; (manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse)
Synonyms
edit- (palimpsest): skafið handrit
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “uppskafningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)