skeina

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsceiːna/
    Rhymes: -eiːna

Noun

skeina f (genitive singular skeinu, nominative plural skeinur)

  1. scratch
    Þetta er bara skeina.
    This is just a scratch.

Declension

See also

  • skráma

Verb

skeina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeindi, supine skeint)

  1. to wipe

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • skeina sig (to wipe oneself)

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skeina (present tense skeiner, past tense skeinte, past participle skeint, passive infinitive skeinast, present participle skeinande, imperative skein)

  1. a-infinitive form of skeine

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skainijaną.

Verb

skeina (past participle skeindr)

  1. to scratch (a wound)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skeina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeina, skeine

References

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