spǫrr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr.

Noun

spǫrr m (genitive spǫrs or sparrar, dative spǫrvi, plural spǫrvar)

  1. sparrow

Inflection

Declension of spǫrr (strong wa-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spǫrr spǫrrinn spǫrvar spǫrvarnir
accusative spǫr spǫrinn spǫrva spǫrvana
dative spǫrvi spǫrvinum spǫrum spǫrunum
genitive spǫrs, sparrar spǫrsins, sparrarins spǫrva spǫrvanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: spör, spörr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv; (dialectal) sparv, sperv, spùrv, spor(r)
  • Old Swedish: sparver, spørver, sparff
  • Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spørwe
  • Scanian: spørr
  • Gutnish: sparr, spur
  • → Middle English: *spar
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