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
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