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Icelandic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skrifą.
Pronunciation
Noun
skref n (genitive singular skrefs, nominative plural skref)
- step, pace (advance or movement made from one foot to the other)
- step, pace (the distance covered by a step)
Hún tók fjögra skrefa tilhlaup.- She took a four step running start.
Hann færði sig einu skrefi nær.- He moved one step closer.
Skólinn minn er bara nokkur skref í burtu.- My school is only a few steps away.
- a step of development, a stage in progress
Það að finna upp hjólið var stórt skref.- Inventing the wheel was a big step.
Declension
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
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Noun
skref n (genitive skrefs)
- pace
Declension
Declension of skref (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- “skref”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press