See also: skäfä and şkafa

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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

Usage notes edit

This verb can either be conjugated strongly or weakly. The strong conjugation is the older form, but in modern speech the weak conjugation is far more common (in particular in the meaning of "to scrape"). The weak declension is most often skafaði in the past tense but occasionally skafði.

Conjugation edit

Strong conjugation
Weak conjugation

Related terms edit

Noun edit

skafa f (genitive singular sköfu, nominative plural sköfur)

  1. scraper

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb edit

skafa

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

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

References edit

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