uppskafningur

Icelandic
A section of the Codex Ephraemi from the National Library in Paris is an example of a uppskafningur (“palimpsest”).

Noun

uppskafningur n (genitive singular uppskafnings, nominative plural uppskafningar)

  1. an upstart, a parvenu
  2. a dandy, a fop
  3. a palimpsest; (manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse)

Synonyms
  • (palimpsest): skafið handrit

Derived terms
  • uppskafningsháttur
  • uppskafningskvendi
  • uppskafningsminni
  • uppskafningsöld
  • uppskafning
  • skafa upp
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