skafa

See also: skäfä and şkafa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːva/
    Rhymes: -aːva

Verb

skafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skóf, third-person plural past indicative skófu, supine skafið) alternatively skafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skafaði, supine skafað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to scrape, to scratch off
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to pare
  3. (impersonal, of snow) to drift

Usage notes

This verb can either be conjugated strongly or weakly. The strong conjugation is the older form, but in modern speech the weak conjugation is far more common (in particular in the meaning of "to scrape"). The weak declension is most often skafaði in the past tense but occasionally skafði.

Conjugation

Strong conjugation
Weak conjugation

Noun

skafa f (genitive singular sköfu, nominative plural sköfur)

  1. scraper

Declension

Synonyms

  • skefill

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb

skafa

  1. to scrape with a blunt instrument
  2. to shave so as to make smooth
  3. to shave

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skafa
  • Faroese: skava
  • Norwegian: skave
  • Elfdalian: skåwå
  • Old Swedish: skava
  • Old Danish: skauæ
    • Danish: skave
    • Scanian: skawa
  • Gutnish: skave
  • Scots: skave, skaave

References

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