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skerja

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Faroese

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Alternative forms

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(etymological) skerða

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skerja (third person singular past indicative skerdi, third person plural past indicative skert, supine skert)

  1. to tear, to cut
  2. to clip (bird wings)
  3. (about dry weather, dryness) to finish

Conjugation

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Conjugation of skerja (group v-71)
infinitive skerja
supine skert
present past
first singular skerji skerdi
second singular skerjir skerdi
third singular skerjir skerdi
plural skerja skerdu
participle (a7)1 skerjandi skerdur
imperative
singular skerj!
plural skerjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

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References

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  • Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1991) [1891] “skerða”, in Færøsk Anthologi [Faroese Anthology] (in Danish), 3rd edition, volume 2, Copenhagen [1891], Tórshavn [1991], page 294

Icelandic

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Noun

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skerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sker

Old Norse

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Noun

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skerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sker