skref
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *skrifą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skref n (genitive singular skrefs, nominative plural skref)
- step, pace (advance or movement made from one foot to the other)
- step, pace (the distance covered by a step)
- Hún tók fjögra skrefa tilhlaup.
- She took a four step running start.
- Hann færði sig einu skrefi nær.
- He moved one step closer.
- Skólinn minn er bara nokkur skref í burtu.
- My school is only a few steps away.
- a step of development, a stage in progress
- Það að finna upp hjólið var stórt skref.
- Inventing the wheel was a big step.
Declension edit
declension of skref
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
skref n (genitive skrefs)
Declension edit
Declension of skref (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “skref”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press