skella

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See also: -skella, and -skellä

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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skella f (genitive singular skellu, nominative plural skellur)

  1. a spot, a patch
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    Declension of skella
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skella skellan skellur skellurnar
accusative skellu skelluna skellur skellurnar
dative skellu skellunni skellum skellunum
genitive skellu skellunnar skella/skellna skellanna/skellnanna

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse skjalla (clash, clatter).

Verb

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skella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skall, third-person plural past indicative skullu, supine skollið)

  1. to crash, bang
    Hausinn skall í gólfið.
    The head banged the floor.
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse skella, causative of the strong verb skella (whence Icelandic skella (2)).

Verb

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skella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skellti, supine skellt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to slam, slap
    Ekki skella hurðinni!
    Don't slam the door!
    Hann skellti bókinni á borðið.
    He slapped the book down on the table.
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