skenkja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Doublet of skekkja.

Verb

skenkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skenkti, supine skenkt)

  1. (with accusative) to pour, to pour out (portions, e.g. of a drink)
  2. to donate, to give

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Old Norse

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.

Verb

skenkja

  1. (ditransitive, of a drink) to serve (to), to pour out

Descendants

References

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