Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skeyti.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skeyti n (genitive singular skeytis, nominative plural skeyti)

  1. message
  2. telegram (more fully símskeyti)
  3. (archaic) shaft, missile, projectile

Declension

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    Declension of skeyti
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeyti skeytið skeyti skeytin
accusative skeyti skeytið skeyti skeytin
dative skeyti skeytinu skeytum skeytunum
genitive skeytis skeytisins skeyta skeytanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From skjóta (to shoot).

Noun

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skeyti n

  1. shaft, missile
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Descendants

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  • Faroese: skoyti n (could be derived later from the Faroese verb skoyta, but in either case ultimately derived from the same root)
  • Icelandic: skeyti n

References

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