skipa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

  1. to arrange things
  2. lead the singing of kvæði

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa (group v-30)
infinitive skipa
supine skipað
participle (a6)1 skipandi skipaður
present past
first singular skipi skipaði
second singular skipar skipaði
third singular skipar skipaði
plural skipa skipaðu
imperative
singular skipa!
plural skipið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

  • skipan (arrangement, system)

Gothic

Romanization

skipa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa from Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

  1. to order, command
  2. to arrange
  3. to discharge, unload
  4. to ship, put on board
  5. to appoint
  6. to occupy

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Alternative forms

Verb

skipa

  1. simple past of skipe
  2. past participle of skipe

Alternative forms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Verb

skipa

  1. (transitive, with dative) to arrange, to place in order, to draw up
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to take up, occupy
  3. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to assign a thing to someone
  4. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to man (with)
  5. (with til + genitive) to arrange, make ready for
    skipa til búa sína
    to put one's household in order
  6. to change
    bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga
    ask him to change the bargain
  7. (reflexive)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skipa
  • Faroese: skipa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skipa, skipe
  • Old Swedish: skepa, skipa
  • Old Danish: skipæ

References

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

Swedish

Verb

skipa (present skipar, preterite skipade, supine skipat, imperative skipa)

  1. (in "skipa rättvisa (justice)") to bring about justice (often in a court or the like)
    att ställa de ansvariga inför rätta och skipa rättvisa
    to put those responsible on trial and deliver justice
    Rättvisa har skipats
    Justice has been done

Conjugation

References