skeið

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaiːj/

Etymology 1

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

  1. spoon
    Synonym: spónur
  2. sheath
    Synonyms: slíðrar, váknaskeið
  3. (anatomy) vagina
    Synonym: móðurskeið
  4. (poetic) ship
    Synonym: skip
Declension
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeið skeiðin skeiðir skeiðirnar
accusative skeið skeiðina skeiðir skeiðirnar
dative skeið skeiðini skeiðum skeiðunum
genitive skeiðar skeiðarinnar skeiða skeiðanna

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as the "spoon" sense of Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

  1. space of time, period
  2. distance
  3. (sports, archaic) race
  4. (school) course, class
Declension
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeið skeiðið skeið skeiðini
accusative skeið skeiðið skeið skeiðini
dative skeið, skeiði skeiðnum skeiðum skeiðunum
genitive skeiðs skeiðsins skeiða skeiðanna
Derived terms
  • ársskeið (“school year, a year's time”)
  • blómingarskeið (“bloom”)
  • kvøldskeið (“evening class”)
  • lívsskeið (“lifetime”)
  • námskeið (“course, class”)
  • summarskeið (“summer course”)
  • tíðarskeið (“time, period”)
  • valskeið (“legislative period”)
  • æviskeið (“lifetime”)
References
  1. ^ Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1991) [1891], Færøsk Anthologi [Faroese Anthology] (in Danish), 3rd edition, Copenhagen [1891]; Tórshavn [1991], page 292
  2. ^ Skaj in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 729)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sceiːð/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse skeið (“a ship, a sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

  1. a spoon
  2. a spoonful, a spoon
    Synonym: skeiðarfylli
    Ein skeið af sykri.
    One spoonful of sugar.
  3. (in the plural) a scabbard
    Synonym: slíður
  4. (anatomy) a vagina
    Synonyms: leggöng, slíður
Declension
Declension of skeið (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeið skeiðin skeiðar skeiðarnar
accusative skeið skeiðina skeiðar skeiðarnar
dative skeið skeiðinni skeiðum skeiðunum
genitive skeiðar skeiðarinnar skeiða skeiðanna
Derived terms
  • skeið- (“vaginal”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as the "spoon" sense of Etymology 1.

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

  1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span
    Synonym: tímabil
  2. a run
    Synonym: hlaup
  3. a race
    Synonym: kapphlaup
  4. (gaits, equestrianism) an amble, an easy gait
Declension
Declension of skeið (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skeið skeiðið skeið skeiðin
accusative skeið skeiðið skeið skeiðin
dative skeiði skeiðinu skeiðum skeiðunum
genitive skeiðs skeiðsins skeiða skeiðanna
Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • skeiði
  • *skeði

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, to a root with the meaning of separation (of planks). Related to Old Norse skeiða (“to sheath”). Partial doublet of Old Norse skíð. Cognate to Old English scēaþ, English sheath, Old Saxon skēðia, Middle Low German schēde, Middle Dutch schēde, Dutch scheede, Old Frisian skēthe, Old High German sceida, German scheide.

Noun

skeið f

  1. about (an elongated) piece of wood that has been split (or otherwise separated from a larger piece, such as a log) and the like
  2. a sheath
  3. a larger swift-sailing type of longship (compare the sheath of a peapod)
  4. a reed (of a loom)
  5. a spoon
Descendants
  • Faroese: skeið
  • Icelandic: skeið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeid, skei
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: skei
  • Old Danish: sketh
    • Danish: ske
    • Norwegian Bokmål: skje
  • Old Swedish: skēþ, skedh
  • ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)
  • ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiði (“sheath; swift longship”)
    • Norwegian: skeidi
  • ⇒ Old East Norse: *skeði (“sheath; swift longship”)
    • Old Danish: skede
    • Old Swedish: skedhe
      • Swedish: skede (today replaced by duplicate skida)
    • → Old East Slavic: скедии (skedii, “boat”)
  • → Middle Irish: scáeth (“ship, fleet”)

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

Noun

skeið n

  1. race, to run a race with one
  2. race course
  3. piece of way; stretch of road
  4. a period, a span, space of time
Descendants
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