svartr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swartaz, whence also Old English sweart, Old High German swarz, Gothic šƒš…šŒ°š‚š„šƒ (swarts). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (ā€œdirty, dark, blackā€).

Adjective

svartr (comparative svartari, superlative svartastr)

  1. black

Declension

Strong declension of svartr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartr svĒ«rt svart
accusative svartan svarta svart
dative svĒ«rtum svartri svĒ«rtu
genitive svarts svartrar svarts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartir svartar svĒ«rt
accusative svarta svartar svĒ«rt
dative svĒ«rtum svĒ«rtum svĒ«rtum
genitive svartra svartra svartra
Weak declension of svartr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svarti svarta svarta
accusative svarta svĒ«rtu svarta
dative svarta svĒ«rtu svarta
genitive svarta svĒ«rtu svarta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu
accusative svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu
dative svĒ«rtum svĒ«rtum svĒ«rtum
genitive svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu svĒ«rtu
Declension of comparative of svartr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartari svartari svartara
accusative svartara svartari svartara
dative svartara svartari svartara
genitive svartara svartari svartara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartari svartari svartari
accusative svartari svartari svartari
dative svĒ«rturum svĒ«rturum svĒ«rturum
genitive svartari svartari svartari
Strong declension of superlative of svartr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartastr svĒ«rtust svartast
accusative svartastan svartasta svartast
dative svĒ«rtustum svartastri svĒ«rtustu
genitive svartasts svartastrar svartasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartastir svartastar svĒ«rtust
accusative svartasta svartastar svĒ«rtust
dative svĒ«rtustum svĒ«rtustum svĒ«rtustum
genitive svartastra svartastra svartastra
Weak declension of superlative of svartr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svartasti svartasta svartasta
accusative svartasta svĒ«rtustu svartasta
dative svartasta svĒ«rtustu svartasta
genitive svartasta svĒ«rtustu svartasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu
accusative svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu
dative svĒ«rtustum svĒ«rtustum svĒ«rtustum
genitive svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu svĒ«rtustu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svartur
  • Faroese: svartur
  • Norn: svart
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svart, (dialectal) svartā€™u, svartā€™e
    • ā†’ Norwegian BokmĆ„l: svart
  • Elfdalian: swart
  • Old Swedish: svarter, svorter
  • Scanian: svĆ”rter
  • Old Danish: swart, swort, sort
  • Gutnish: svartar

See also

Colors in Old Norse Ā· litir (layout Ā· text)
     hvĆ­tr      grĆ”r, hĒ«ss      svartr
             rauĆ°r; rauĆ°gulr              brĆŗnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blĆ”r
             vĆ­olat                          

Further reading

  • ZoĆ«ga, Geir T. (1910) ā€œsvartrā€, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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