sverta.
to black, to blacken, to color black
Meaning & usage
to black, to blacken, to color black
Á ég að sverta skóna þína?
to blacken, sully (reputation, etc.)
Hún sverti mannorð hans.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse *sverta, from Proto-Germanic *swartijaną, from *swartaz (“black”).
a black colorant, especially shoe polish and ink (in printing)
black smudges, spots, etc.
a black spot (on someone’s reputation)
blackness
an appellation for a fox
one of several species of lichenized fungi in the genus Verrucaria and related genera within the family Verrucariaceae
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Germanic *swartijǭ (whence also German Schwärze), derived from *swartaz (“black”) (whence Icelandic svartur).
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