skreyta

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skreyta, from skraut (ornament, decoration).

Pronunciation

Verb

skreyta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skreytti, supine skreytt)

  1. to decorate

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

skreyta (singular past indicative skreytti, plural past indicative skreyttu, past participle skreyttr)

  1. to ornament, adorn, dress fine

Conjugation

References

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