skeina

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsceiːna/

  Rhymes: -eiːna

Etymology 1

Noun

skeina f (genitive singular skeinu, nominative plural skeinur)

1. scratch

   Þetta er bara skeina.

   This is just a scratch.

Declension

Declension of skeina (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeina	skeinan	skeinur	skeinurnar
accusative	skeinu	skeinuna	skeinur	skeinurnar
dative	skeinu	skeinunni	skeinum	skeinunum
genitive	skeinu	skeinunnar	skeina	skeinanna

See also

• skráma

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. to wipe

Conjugation

skeina — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skeina
supine (sagnbót)		skeint
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skeinandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég skeini	við skeinum	present (nútíð)	ég skeini	við skeinum
	þú skeinir	þið skeinið		þú skeinir	þið skeinið
	hann, hún, það skeinir	þeir, þær, þau skeina		hann, hún, það skeini	þeir, þær, þau skeini
past (þátíð)	ég skeindi	við skeindum	past (þátíð)	ég skeindi	við skeindum
	þú skeindir	þið skeinduð		þú skeindir	þið skeinduð
	hann, hún, það skeindi	þeir, þær, þau skeindu		hann, hún, það skeindi	þeir, þær, þau skeindu
imperative (boðháttur)	skein (þú)	skeinið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	skeindu	skeiniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skeinast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skeinast
supine (sagnbót)		skeinst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skeinandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég skeinist	við skeinumst	present (nútíð)	ég skeinist	við skeinumst
	þú skeinist	þið skeinist		þú skeinist	þið skeinist
	hann, hún, það skeinist	þeir, þær, þau skeinast		hann, hún, það skeinist	þeir, þær, þau skeinist
past (þátíð)	ég skeindist	við skeindumst	past (þátíð)	ég skeindist	við skeindumst
	þú skeindist	þið skeindust		þú skeindist	þið skeindust
	hann, hún, það skeindist	þeir, þær, þau skeindust		hann, hún, það skeindist	þeir, þær, þau skeindust
imperative (boðháttur)	skeinst (þú)	skeinist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	skeinstu	skeinisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skeindur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skeindur	skeind	skeint		skeindir	skeindar	skeind
accusative (þolfall)	skeindan	skeinda	skeint		skeinda	skeindar	skeind
dative (þágufall)	skeindum	skeindri	skeindu		skeindum	skeindum	skeindum
genitive (eignarfall)	skeinds	skeindrar	skeinds		skeindra	skeindra	skeindra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skeindi	skeinda	skeinda		skeindu	skeindu	skeindu
accusative (þolfall)	skeinda	skeindu	skeinda		skeindu	skeindu	skeindu
dative (þágufall)	skeinda	skeindu	skeinda		skeindu	skeindu	skeindu
genitive (eignarfall)	skeinda	skeindu	skeinda		skeindu	skeindu	skeindu

Derived terms

• skeina sig (“to wipe oneself”)

Anagrams

• seinka

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

Conjugation of skeina — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	skeina
present participle	skeinandi
past participle	skeindr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skeini	skeinda
2nd-person singular	skeinir	skeindir
3rd-person singular	skeinir	skeindi
1st-person plural	skeinum	skeindum
2nd-person plural	skeinið	skeinduð
3rd-person plural	skeina	skeindu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skeina	skeinda
2nd-person singular	skeinir	skeindir
3rd-person singular	skeini	skeindi
1st-person plural	skeinim	skeindim
2nd-person plural	skeinið	skeindið
3rd-person plural	skeini	skeindi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skein, skeini
1st-person plural	skeinum
2nd-person plural	skeinið

Conjugation of skeina — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	skeinask
present participle	skeinandisk
past participle	skeinzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skeinumk	skeindumk
2nd-person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk
3rd-person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk
1st-person plural	skeinumsk	skeindumsk
2nd-person plural	skeinizk	skeinduzk
3rd-person plural	skeinask	skeindusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skeinumk	skeindumk
2nd-person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk
3rd-person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk
1st-person plural	skeinimsk	skeindimsk
2nd-person plural	skeinizk	skeindizk
3rd-person plural	skeinisk	skeindisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skeinsk, skeinisk
1st-person plural	skeinumsk
2nd-person plural	skeinizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: skeina
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skeina, skeine

References

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