skref

Icelandic

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 of skref

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	skref	skrefið	skref	skrefin
accusative	skref	skrefið	skref	skrefin
dative	skrefi	skrefinu	skrefum	skrefunum
genitive	skrefs	skrefsins	skrefa	skrefanna

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skref n (genitive skrefs)

Declension of skref (strong a-stem)

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