korpr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. Unrelated to karpa, carp, and the similarly formed corvus (whence corb), κόραξ (kórax). === Noun === korpr m (rare) raven Synonym: hrafn ==== Usage notes ==== While the common term in many of the descendant languages, in Old Nordic this term was very rare compared to hrafn. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: korpur Faroese: gorpur Norwegian Bokmål: korp Norwegian Nynorsk: korp Old Swedish: korper Swedish: korp → Estonian: (dialectal) korp → Finnish: korppi → Ingrian: korppi → Karelian: North Karelian: korppi South Karelian: korppi === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “korpr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “korpr”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)