svartr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swartaz, whence also Old English sweart, Old High German swarz, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃 (swarts). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Adjective

svartr (comparative svartari, superlative svartastr)

black

Descendants

Icelandic: svartur
Faroese: svartur
Norn: svart
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: sort, svart
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svart
Old Swedish: svarter, svorter
- Swedish: svart
  - → Westrobothnian: ʃwɑʈʈ, swårt
Old Danish: swart, swort, sort
- Danish: sort
Westrobothnian: sohtt
Elfdalian: swart
Gutnish: svartar
Scanian: svárter

References

svartr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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