skarpr
lýsingarorð
skörp, skarpt, ; [ scearp; sharp; scharf; akin to skorpinn, related to a lost strong verb]:—sharp, scorched or pinched from dryness; með skörpum reipum, with hard ropes (of ropes of skin), 416; því harðara er hann brautsk, því skarpara varð bandit, 20; skarpar álar, 62; skarpr belgr, a shrivelled skin, 135; skörp skrydda, Gd. 34; skarpr skinn-stakkr, ii. 147; skarpr fiskr ( harðr), a dried fish, i. 209, 365, 367, ii. 120; skörp skreið, id., i. 457.
II. sharp, barren ( farmers speak of a sharp gravel); landit er skarpt ok lítið matland, vii. 78; eiga skarpan kost, to have small fare; það er skarpt um, dearth, want ( sharp-set).
2. sharp, bitter; skörp deila, 234; hin skarpa skálmöld, (in a verse); skarpt él, (); skörp skæra, vi. 64 (in a verse); taka skarpara á, to pull sharper, 19; s. í sókn, Trist.3. keen, sharp, of a weapon; skörp sverð, 322; skarpr geirr, 14; skarpr brandr, Rekst. 6; skarpr hamarr, :—keen, acute, of the intellect, hann er skarpr, flug-skarpr; ó-skarpr, dull, in usage.
III. in names, Skarp-héðinn, ‘parched goat-skin,’ see Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- prop.proper, properly.
- mod.modern.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.compare.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- pr.proper, properly.
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