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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse skipti.
Noun
skipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)
- a change, an exchange
- a change
Slæm skipti.- A change for the worse.
- time, as in occurrence
- Synonyms: sinn, sinni
- division
Declension
Declension of skipti (neuter)
Derived terms
Further reading
Old Norse
Etymology
From skipta (“to change”), from earlier Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną (“to put in order, arrange”).
Noun
skipti n (genitive skiptis)
- division, distribution sharing
- change
- shift
- (plural only) dealings, transactions, disputes, fights
Declension
Declension of skipti (strong ija-stem)
Descendants
References
- “skipti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press