skeðja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaþjaną. Akin to English scathe.

Verb

skeðja (singular past indicative skaddi, plural past indicative skǫddu, past participle skaddr)

1. to mar, damage, scathe, hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of skeðja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	skeðja
present participle	skeðjandi
past participle	skaddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skeð	skadda
2nd-person singular	skeðr	skaddir
3rd-person singular	skeðr	skaddi
1st-person plural	skeðjum	skǫddum
2nd-person plural	skeðið	skǫdduð
3rd-person plural	skeðja	skǫddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skeðja	skedda
2nd-person singular	skeðir	skeddir
3rd-person singular	skeði	skeddi
1st-person plural	skeðim	skeddim
2nd-person plural	skeðið	skeddið
3rd-person plural	skeði	skeddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skeð
1st-person plural	skeðjum
2nd-person plural	skeðið

Conjugation of skeðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	skeðjask
present participle	skeðjandisk
past participle	skazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skeðjumk	skǫddumk
2nd-person singular	skezk	skaddisk
3rd-person singular	skezk	skaddisk
1st-person plural	skeðjumsk	skǫddumsk
2nd-person plural	skeðizk	skǫdduzk
3rd-person plural	skeðjask	skǫddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skeðjumk	skeddumk
2nd-person singular	skeðisk	skeddisk
3rd-person singular	skeðisk	skeddisk
1st-person plural	skeðimsk	skeddimsk
2nd-person plural	skeðizk	skeddizk
3rd-person plural	skeðisk	skeddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skezk
1st-person plural	skeðjumsk
2nd-person plural	skeðizk

Related terms

• skaða
• skaði

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skeðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 370; also available at the Internet Archive