skrýtinn

Icelandic

Alternative forms

skrítinn

Etymology

The origin of this and related words (skrýtilegur, skrýtilyrði, skrýtla) is uncertain. The original stem vowel is uncertain, as the phonetic merger of í and ý predates their earliest attestation in Icelandic. If the ý is original, it may be related to Norwegian skryten (“scrawny”), dialectal Swedish skryten, skruten. Has also been compared to Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to jump, joke”) and Lithuanian skridinė́̕ti (“to fly in circles (around birds)”), skrìsti (“to fly”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈskriːtɪn(ː)]
Rhymes: -iːtɪn

Adjective

skrýtinn (comparative skrýtnari, superlative skrýtnastur)

weird
Þetta eru skrýtnir tímar.
These are strange times.

Mér var alltaf strítt fyrir að vera skrýtni krakkinn.
I was always teased for being the weird kid.
funny

Declension

positive forms of skrýtinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtinn	skrýtin	skrýtið
	accusative	skrýtinn	skrýtna	skrýtið
	dative	skrýtnum	skrýtinni	skrýtnu
	genitive	skrýtins	skrýtinnar	skrýtins
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtnir	skrýtnar	skrýtin
	accusative	skrýtna	skrýtnar	skrýtin
	dative	skrýtnum
	genitive	skrýtinna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtni	skrýtna	skrýtna
	acc/dat/gen	skrýtna	skrýtnu	skrýtna
	plural (all-case)	skrýtnu

comparative forms of skrýtinn

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	skrýtnari	skrýtnari	skrýtnara
	plural (all-case)	skrýtnari

superlative forms of skrýtinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtnastur	skrýtnust	skrýtnast
	accusative	skrýtnastan	skrýtnasta	skrýtnast
	dative	skrýtnustum	skrýtnastri	skrýtnustu
	genitive	skrýtnasts	skrýtnastrar	skrýtnasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtnastir	skrýtnastar	skrýtnust
	accusative	skrýtnasta	skrýtnastar	skrýtnust
	dative	skrýtnustum
	genitive	skrýtnastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skrýtnasti	skrýtnasta	skrýtnasta
	acc/dat/gen	skrýtnasta	skrýtnustu	skrýtnasta
	plural (all-case)	skrýtnustu

Derived terms

það er margt skrýtið í kýrhausnum, margt er skrýtið í kýrhausnum

Related terms

References

^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skrýtinn”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)