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Icelandic
Etymology
From skara (“poke fire”) + eld, the accusative of eldur (“fire”) + að (“to”) + sinni the dative singular of sinn (“one's own”) + köku, the dative of kaka (“cake”). Literally meaning "to poke fire to one's own cake".
Verb
skara eld að sinni köku (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði eld að sinni köku, supine skarað eld að sinni köku)
- (idiomatic) to feather one's own nest, to feather one's nest, to look out for number one
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