skeið

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaiːj/

Etymology 1

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

1. spoon

   Synonym: spónur

2. sheath

   Synonyms: slíðrar, váknaskeið

3. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonym: móðurskeið

4. (poetic) ship

   Synonym: skip

Declension

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”).

Alternative forms

• skeiði
• Skaj

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

1. space of time, period
2. distance
3. (sports, archaic) race
4. (school) course, class

Declension

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sceiːð/ (

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• Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse skeið (“a ship, a sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful, a spoon

   Synonym: skeiðarfylli

   Ein skeið af sykri.

   One spoonful of sugar.

3. (in the plural) a scabbard

   Synonym: slíður

4. (anatomy) a vagina

   Synonyms: leggöng, slíður

Declension

Derived terms

• skeið- (vaginal)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”).

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span

   Synonym: tímabil

2. a run

   Synonym: hlaup

3. a race

   Synonym: kapphlaup

4. (gaits, equestrianism) an amble, an easy gait

Declension

Derived terms

• flugskeið
• námskeið
• um skeið