Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
skriva
Past Participle:
skrivaður
Present participle:
skrivandi
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| eg | skrivi |
| tú | skrivar |
| hann | skrivar |
| vit | skriva |
| tit | skriva |
| teir | skriva |
Past
| eg | skrivaði |
| tú | skrivaði |
| hann | skrivaði |
| vit | skrivaðu |
| tit | skrivaðu |
| teir | skrivaðu |
Pluperfect
Preterite
Preterite Perfect
Future
Future Perfect
Verbs conjugated like skriva
batna,
byrja,
eggja,
elska,
fjóna,
fríggja,
herja,
kalla,
kasta,
kólna,
mjølva,
slitna,
svara,
vakna,
Etymology
1. From Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.
2. Compare Icelandic skrifa, Danish skrive, Swedish skriva, West Frisian skriuwe, English shrive, Low German schrieven, Dutch schrijven, German schreiben. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrībaną', Latin '
scrībō', Proto-Italic '
*skreiβō', Icelandic '
skrifa', Danish '
skrive', Swedish '
skriva', English '
shrive', Low Saxon 'schrieven', Dutch '
schrijven', German, old spelling '
schreiben'.
Verbs referencing "skriva"
Icelandic
skrifa.
Translations
write, to form letters, etc.
Sample Sentences
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skriva undir (to sign)
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skriva inn (to register (for))