Noun: skeifa
Gender: f
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | skeifa |
| Sg. Def. | skeifan |
| Pl. Indef. | skeifur |
| Pl. Def. | skeifurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | skeifu |
| Sg. Def. | skeifunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | skeifna; skeifa |
| Pl. Def. | skeifnanna; skeifanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | skeifu |
| Sg. Def. | skeifunni |
| Pl. Indef. | skeifum |
| Pl. Def. | skeifunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | skeifu |
| Sg. Def. | skeifuna |
| Pl. Indef. | skeifur |
| Pl. Def. | skeifurnar |
Sample Sentences
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Hver hestur hefur eina skeifu á hverjum fæti. (Every horse has one horseshoe on each foot.)
Nouns inflected like skeifa
snælda,
sneypa,
aðalhenda,
sletta,
skófla,
slétta,
skytta,
skyrta,
skrúfa,
skriða,
skjóla,
skorpa,
skeifa,
skella,
kívíflétta,
brauðterta,
krossgáta,
æðarkolla,
teiknibóla,
skjaldflétta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse skeifa, from skeifr (“askew, oblique”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
skeifa'.
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