skafa

See also: skäfä and şkafa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːva/
    Rhymes: -aːva

Verb

skafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skóf, third-person plural past indicative skófu, supine skafið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to scrape, to scratch off
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to pare
  3. (impersonal, of snow) to drift

Conjugation

Noun

skafa f (genitive singular sköfu, nominative plural sköfur)

  1. scraper

Declension

Synonyms

  • skefill

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb

skafa

  1. to scrape with a blunt instrument
  2. to shave so as to make smooth
  3. to shave

Conjugation

References

  • skafa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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