jarpr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *erpaz (light brown). Cognate to Old High German erpf (brown, dark), Old English eorp (dark, brown).

Adjective

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jarpr

  1. brown

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: jarpur
  • Faroese: jarpur
  • Old Norse: jarpi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarpe m, jerpe m or f (hazel grouse)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jerpe m or f (hazel grouse)
    • Swedish: järpe c (hazel grouse)

See also

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Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)
     hvítr      grár, hǫss      svartr
             rauðr; rauðgulr              brúnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blár
             víolat                          

References

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  • jarpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press