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sverta.

to black, to blacken, to color black

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈsvɛr̥ta]
  1. to black, to blacken, to color black

    weak
    Á ég að sverta skóna þína?
  2. to blacken, sully (reputation, etc.)

    weak
    Hún sverti mannorð hans.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse *sverta, from Proto-Germanic *swartijaną, from *swartaz (“black”).

noun[ˈsvɛr̥ta]
  1. a black colorant, especially shoe polish and ink (in printing)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. black smudges, spots, etc.

    feminine · uncountable
  3. a black spot (on someone’s reputation)

    feminine · figuratively · uncountable
  4. blackness

    feminine · uncountable
  5. an appellation for a fox

    feminine · obsolete
  6. one of several species of lichenized fungi in the genus Verrucaria and related genera within the family Verrucariaceae

    countable · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Germanic *swartijǭ (whence also German Schwärze), derived from *swartaz (“black”) (whence Icelandic svartur).

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