skafa

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See also: skäfä and şkafa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch).

Verb

skafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skóf, third-person plural past indicative skófu, supine skafið) alternatively skafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skafaði, supine skafað)

  1. to scrape, to scratch off
  2. to pare
  3. (impersonal, of snow) to drift
Usage notes

This verb can either be conjugated strongly or weakly. The strong conjugation is the older form, but in modern speech the weak conjugation is far more common (in particular in the meaning of "to scrape"). The weak declension is most often skafaði in the past tense but occasionally skafði.

Conjugation
Strong conjugation
Weak conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

skafa f (genitive singular sköfu, nominative plural sköfur)

  1. scraper
    Synonym: skefill
Declension

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb

skafa

  1. to scrape with a blunt instrument
  2. to shave so as to make smooth
  3. to shave

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • skafa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press