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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	skeini	skeindi		skeini	skeindi
	þú	skeinir	skeindir		skeinir	skeindir
	hann, hún, það	skeinir	skeindi		skeini	skeindi
plural	við	skeinum	skeindum		skeinum	skeindum
	þið	skeinið	skeinduð		skeinið	skeinduð
	þeir, þær, þau	skeina	skeindu		skeini	skeindu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	skein (þú), skeindu
plural	þið	skeinið (þið), skeiniði1

¹ 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 (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	skeinist	skeindist		skeinist	skeindist
	þú	skeinist	skeindist		skeinist	skeindist
	hann, hún, það	skeinist	skeindist		skeinist	skeindist
plural	við	skeinumst	skeindumst		skeinumst	skeindumst
	þið	skeinist	skeindust		skeinist	skeindust
	þeir, þær, þau	skeinast	skeindust		skeinist	skeindust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	skeinst (þú), skeinstu
plural	þið	skeinist (þið), skeinisti1

¹ 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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	skeini	skeinda		skeina	skeinda
2nd person singular	skeinir	skeindir		skeinir	skeindir
3rd person singular	skeinir	skeindi		skeini	skeindi
1st person plural	skeinum	skeindum		skeinim	skeindim
2nd person plural	skeinið	skeinduð		skeinið	skeindið
3rd person plural	skeina	skeindu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	skeinumk	skeindumk		skeinumk	skeindumk
2nd person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk		skeinisk	skeindisk
3rd person singular	skeinisk	skeindisk		skeinisk	skeindisk
1st person plural	skeinumsk	skeindumsk		skeinimsk	skeindimsk
2nd person plural	skeinizk	skeinduzk		skeinizk	skeindizk
3rd person plural	skeinask	skeindusk		skeinisk	skeindisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	skeinsk, skeinisk
1st person plural	skeinumsk
2nd person plural	skeinizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: skeina
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skeina, skeine

Further reading

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