- word
skarpa means a
sharp cliff or
other vertical terrain, cf..Old
English scearp and
English sharp. The name may
instead come from Indo-European *kwerp 'to...
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scharf "potsherd", and
Modern High
German Scherbe "shard", Old
English scearp and
English sharp,
Lithuanian kar~pas "cut, hack, notch",
Latvian cìrpt...
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source of this line in the poem is unclear.] Anglo-Saxon ᚦ Ðorn bẏþ ðearle
scearp; ðegna gehƿẏl****
anfeng ẏs ẏfẏl,
ungemetum reþe
manna gehƿẏlcun, ðe him...
- from a
medieval nickname, with the
derivation from the Old
English word "
scearp",
meaning sharp and used to
describe a "sharp or smart" person. Abraham...
- (warm) and
shairp (sharp) from earm, arwe, derne, hearm, hærfest,
wearm and
sċearp.
Similarly with
aiple (apple), aix (axe),
efter (after), peth (path), and...
