skinne

• IPA^(key): /skenə/, [ˈsɡ̊enə]

From Middle Low German schene (“little plate”) or from German Schiene (“rail, splint”), from Old Saxon or Old High German skina, all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skinu (“track, bar”).

skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)

1. rail
2. band
3. splint
4. rail (of a railway or tramway)

From Old Norse skína (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”).

skinne (imperative skin, infinitive at skinne, present tense skinner, past tense skinnede, perfect tense har skinnet)

1. shine
2. gleam
3. glimmer

skinne

1. Alternative form of skyn

From German Schiene.

skinne f or m (definite singular skinna or skinnen, indefinite plural skinner, definite plural skinnene)

1. a rail (on a railway or tramway)

• énskinnebane

• skjene (Nynorsk)

From Old Norse skína.

skinne (imperative skinn, present tense skinner, simple past skinte or skein, past participle skint, present participle skinnende)

1. to shine

• skinn (Etymology 2)

• skina, skine (Nynorsk)

• “skinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.