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

Related terms

• uppskafning
• skafa upp

Further reading

• “uppskafningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)