piparr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon *pipar, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar (“pepper”).

Noun

piparr m[1]

  1. pepper

Declension
  Declension of piparr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative piparr piparrinn piprar piprarnir
accusative pipar piparinn pipra piprana
dative pipri piprinum piprum piprunum
genitive pipars piparsins pipra pipranna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: pipar
  • Faroese: pipar
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: pepar
  • Old Swedish: pipar, pepar
  • Old Danish: pipær
  • Elfdalian: pipär
  • → Estonian: pipar
  • → Latvian: pipars

References
  1. “piparr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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