skeifr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaibaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skoypós. Akin to English skew.

Adjective

skeifr (comparative skeifari, superlative skeifastr)

  1. askew, oblique

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skeifur
  • Faroese: skeivur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeiv; (dialectal) skeiv'u, skeiv'e
    • Norwegian Bokmål: skeiv
  • Old Swedish: skēver
  • Gutnish: skaiv
  • Old Danish: skev
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