skeina

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

skeina f (genitive singular skeinu, nominative plural skeinur)

  1. scratch
    Þetta er bara skeina.
    This is just a scratch.

Declension

    Declension of skeina
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeina skeinan skeinur skeinurnar
accusative skeinu skeinuna skeinur skeinurnar
dative skeinu skeinunni skeinum skeinunum
genitive skeinu skeinunnar skeina skeinanna

See also

Verb

skeina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeindi, supine skeint)

  1. to wipe

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skeina (present tense skeiner, past tense skeinte, past participle skeint, passive infinitive skeinast, present participle skeinande, imperative skein)

  1. a-infinitive form of skeine

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skainijaną.

Verb

skeina (past participle skeindr)

  1. to scratch (a wound)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skeina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeina, skeine

References

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