napur

From Old Norse napr (“cold, chilly; of a piercing cold wind”) whence the Old Norse nepja (“chilliness, bitter cold”) and Icelandic nepja (“bitter cold, chill”). Confer the Old Norse apr (“cold, sharp”) and nöp (“chilliness”).

• Rhymes: -aːpʏr

napur (comparative naprari or napurri, superlative naprastur)

1. biting cold ^syn.
2. sarcastic, bitter ^syn.

• (cold): ^def. kaldur
• (bitterly sarcastic): ^def. bituryrtur

• nepja
• nöp