skíð

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skīdą.

Noun

skíð n (genitive skíðs, plural skíð)

1. board, billet
2. tablet
3. ski

Declension

Declension of skíð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skíð	skíðit	skíð	skíðin
accusative	skíð	skíðit	skíð	skíðin
dative	skíði	skíðinu	skíðum	skíðunum
genitive	skíðs	skíðsins	skíða	skíðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skíð
• Faroese: skíð
• Norwegian: skid, ski (see there for further descendants)
  • → Danish: ski
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ski
• Old Swedish: skīdh n; skīþa f
  • Swedish: skid; skida
• → Middle English: *skid
  • English: skid, skeed