"upphaf" meaning in Old Norse

See upphaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *habą. Verbal noun of hefja upp (“to begin”). Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*habą}} Proto-Germanic *habą Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} upphaf n, {{non-noun|n}} upphaf n Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|upphaf|upphǫf}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=upphǫfin|api=upphǫf|asd=upphafit|asi=upphaf|dpd=upphǫfunum|dpi=upphǫfum|dsd=upphafinu|dsi=upphafi|g=neuter|gpd=upphafanna|gpi=upphafa|gsd=upphafsins|gsi=upphafs|notes=|npd=upphǫfin|npi=upphǫf|nsd=upphafit|nsi=upphaf|stem=strong a-stem|title=upphaf}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphaf|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫf|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫfin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphaf|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫf|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫfin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafi|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafinu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫfum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphǫfunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafa|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|upphafanna|gpd}} Forms: strong [table-tags], upphaf [indefinite, nominative, singular], upphafit [definite, nominative, singular], upphǫf [indefinite, nominative, plural], upphǫfin [definite, nominative, plural], upphaf [accusative, indefinite, singular], upphafit [accusative, definite, singular], upphǫf [accusative, indefinite, plural], upphǫfin [accusative, definite, plural], upphafi [dative, indefinite, singular], upphafinu [dative, definite, singular], upphǫfum [dative, indefinite, plural], upphǫfunum [dative, definite, plural], upphafs [genitive, indefinite, singular], upphafsins [definite, genitive, singular], upphafa [genitive, indefinite, plural], upphafanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. beginning Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-upphaf-non-noun-QJU5HH4-
  2. advancement, honour Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-upphaf-non-noun-KAnSPDFi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: upphafari (english: founder) [masculine], upphafligr (english: original), upphafning (english: elevation, pride) [feminine], upphafsmaðr (english: author, originator) [masculine], upphafsstafr (english: initial letter) [masculine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "founder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "original",
      "word": "upphafligr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "elevation, pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "author, originator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafsmaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "initial letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafsstafr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "upphaf"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: upphaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: upphaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "upphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: upphav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: upphav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "opphav",
            "3": "upphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "until 1938"
          },
          "expansion": "(until 1938)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav (until 1938)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "ophav"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: ophav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: ophav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ophav"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: ophav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: ophav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "opphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: opphav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: opphav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "uphof"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: uphof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: uphof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "upphov",
            "3": "upphof"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: upphov, upphof",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "until 1906"
          },
          "expansion": "(until 1906)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: upphov, upphof (until 1906)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*habą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *habą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *habą. Verbal noun of hefja upp (“to begin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "upphaf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "upphaf n",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "upphǫf"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "upphǫfin",
        "api": "upphǫf",
        "asd": "upphafit",
        "asi": "upphaf",
        "dpd": "upphǫfunum",
        "dpi": "upphǫfum",
        "dsd": "upphafinu",
        "dsi": "upphafi",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "upphafanna",
        "gpi": "upphafa",
        "gsd": "upphafsins",
        "gsi": "upphafs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "upphǫfin",
        "npi": "upphǫf",
        "nsd": "upphafit",
        "nsi": "upphaf",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "upphaf"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫf",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫf",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Gospel of John 1,1 (from \"Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier\" ed. Wisén 1872)",
          "text": "Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning"
      ],
      "id": "en-upphaf-non-noun-QJU5HH4-",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "advancement, honour"
      ],
      "id": "en-upphaf-non-noun-KAnSPDFi",
      "links": [
        [
          "advancement",
          "advancement"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "upphaf"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "founder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafari"
    },
    {
      "english": "original",
      "word": "upphafligr"
    },
    {
      "english": "elevation, pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafning"
    },
    {
      "english": "author, originator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafsmaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "initial letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upphafsstafr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "upphaf"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: upphaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: upphaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "upphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: upphav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: upphav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "opphav",
            "3": "upphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "until 1938"
          },
          "expansion": "(until 1938)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav (until 1938)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "ophav"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: ophav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: ophav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ophav"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: ophav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: ophav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "opphav"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: opphav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: opphav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "uphof"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: uphof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: uphof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "upphov",
            "3": "upphof"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: upphov, upphof",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "until 1906"
          },
          "expansion": "(until 1906)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: upphov, upphof (until 1906)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*habą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *habą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *habą. Verbal noun of hefja upp (“to begin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphǫfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upphafanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "upphaf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "upphaf n",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "upphǫf"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "upphǫfin",
        "api": "upphǫf",
        "asd": "upphafit",
        "asi": "upphaf",
        "dpd": "upphǫfunum",
        "dpi": "upphǫfum",
        "dsd": "upphafinu",
        "dsi": "upphafi",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "upphafanna",
        "gpi": "upphafa",
        "gsd": "upphafsins",
        "gsi": "upphafs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "upphǫfin",
        "npi": "upphǫf",
        "nsd": "upphafit",
        "nsi": "upphaf",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "upphaf"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫf",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphaf",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫf",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphǫfunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "upphafanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Gospel of John 1,1 (from \"Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier\" ed. Wisén 1872)",
          "text": "Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "advancement, honour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advancement",
          "advancement"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "upphaf"
}

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