krappr

Old Norse

Etymology

According to Kroonen, from Proto-Germanic *krampa- (“crooked”), an adjective from the verb *krimpaną (“to shrink”).[1] However, Pokorny posits that it is related to Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“power, strength”), similar to kraptr, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist, wind”).[2]

Adjective

krappr

  1. strait, narrow
  2. sharp, crafty

Declension
    Strong declension of krappr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappr krǫpp krapt
accusative krappan krappa krapt
dative krǫppum krappri krǫppu
genitive krapps krapprar krapps
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappir krappar krǫpp
accusative krappa krappar krǫpp
dative krǫppum krǫppum krǫppum
genitive krappra krappra krappra
    Weak declension of krappr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappi krappa krappa
accusative krappa krǫppu krappa
dative krappa krǫppu krappa
genitive krappa krǫppu krappa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative krǫppu krǫppu krǫppu
accusative krǫppu krǫppu krǫppu
dative krǫppum krǫppum krǫppum
genitive krǫppu krǫppu krǫppu
    Declension of comparative of krappr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappari krappari krappara
accusative krappara krappari krappara
dative krappara krappari krappara
genitive krappara krappari krappara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappari krappari krappari
accusative krappari krappari krappari
dative krǫppurum krǫppurum krǫppurum
genitive krappari krappari krappari
    Strong declension of superlative of krappr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappastr krǫppust krappast
accusative krappastan krappasta krappast
dative krǫppustum krappastri krǫppustu
genitive krappasts krappastrar krappasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappastir krappastar krǫppust
accusative krappasta krappastar krǫppust
dative krǫppustum krǫppustum krǫppustum
genitive krappastra krappastra krappastra
    Weak declension of superlative of krappr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative krappasti krappasta krappasta
accusative krappasta krǫppustu krappasta
dative krappasta krǫppustu krappasta
genitive krappasta krǫppustu krappasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative krǫppustu krǫppustu krǫppustu
accusative krǫppustu krǫppustu krǫppustu
dative krǫppustum krǫppustum krǫppustum
genitive krǫppustu krǫppustu krǫppustu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: krappur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krapp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krapp

References
  • “krappr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “krampa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “385-390”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 385-390
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