upphaf

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse upphaf from Proto-Germanic *habą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʏhp.haːv/ === Noun === upphaf n (genitive singular upphafs, no plural) beginning, start Icelandic translation of Genesis 1:1 ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== upphafsskjár == Old Norse == === Etymology === Derived from Proto-Germanic *habą (“lift, lifting”). Verbal noun of hefja upp (“to begin”). === Noun === upphaf n beginning Gospel of John 1,1 (from "Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier" ed. Wisén 1872) Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð. advancement, honour (poetry) the part of a drapa before the first refrain (stef) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== upphafari m (“founder”) upphafligr (“original”) upphafning f (“elevation, pride”) upphafsmaðr m (“author, originator”) upphafsstafr m (“initial letter”) ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “upphaf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 451; also available at the Internet Archive