skrefa

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Old Norse

Etymology

Presumably from skref.

Noun

skrefa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skref

Verb

skrefa (past tense skrefaði)

  1. to stride, pace

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrefa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive skrefa
present participle skrefandi
past participle skrefaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular skrefa skrefaða
2nd-person singular skrefar skrefaðir
3rd-person singular skrefar skrefaði
1st-person plural skrefum skrefuðum
2nd-person plural skrefið skrefuðuð
3rd-person plural skrefa skrefuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular skrefa skrefaða
2nd-person singular skrefir skrefaðir
3rd-person singular skrefi skrefaði
1st-person plural skrefim skrefaðim
2nd-person plural skrefið skrefaðið
3rd-person plural skrefi skrefaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular skrefa
1st-person plural skrefum
2nd-person plural skrefið
Conjugation of skrefa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive skrefask
present participle skrefandisk
past participle skrefazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular skrefumk skrefuðumk
2nd-person singular skrefask skrefaðisk
3rd-person singular skrefask skrefaðisk
1st-person plural skrefumsk skrefuðumsk
2nd-person plural skrefizk skrefuðuzk
3rd-person plural skrefask skrefuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular skrefumk skrefuðumk
2nd-person singular skrefisk skrefaðisk
3rd-person singular skrefisk skrefaðisk
1st-person plural skrefimsk skrefaðimsk
2nd-person plural skrefizk skrefaðizk
3rd-person plural skrefisk skrefaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular skrefask
1st-person plural skrefumsk
2nd-person plural skrefizk

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skreva, skreve (e infinitive)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skreve

References

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