harsk

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse harskr, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scratch, scrape, rub, card”). See also Middle Low German harsch (“hairy”), Russian короста (korosta, “to itch”), Old Church Slavonic краста (krasta). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /harsk/, [hɑːsɡ̊] === Adjective === harsk (neuter harsk or harskt, plural and definite singular attributive harske) rancid (adverbial) rancidly unforgiving, unpleasant, cruel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== harskhed harskne === References === “harsk” in Den Danske Ordbog Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “harsh”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 213