skinn

From Old Norse skinn, from Proto-Germanic *skinþą.

• IPA^(key): /scɪnː/

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

skinn n (genitive singular skinns, nominative plural skinn)

1. skin

   Synonym: húð

2. (informal, endearing) dear little thing, poor thing

skinn

1. alternative form of skyn

From Proto-Germanic *skinþą, and Old Norse skinn.

skinn n (definite singular skinnet, indefinite plural skinn, definite plural skinna or skinnene)

1. (human) skin
2. (animal) hide, fur (of a whole animal, used as a rug etc.)
3. (processed) leather

• (skin): hud
• (hide): hud, fell, pels
• (leather): lær

Derived from the verb skinne

skinn n (definite singular skinnet)

1. light, shine

• måneskinn
• solskinn

• skin (Nynorsk)

skinn

1. imperative of skinne

From Old Norse skinn.

skinn n (definite singular skinnet, indefinite plural skinn, definite plural skinna)

1. skin
2. hide

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skinþą; from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-^[1]

skinn n^[2]

1. skin (outer layer of an human's body)
2. hide, pelt (removed outer layer of an animal's body)

• Icelandic: skinn
• Faroese: skinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skinn; (dialectal) skjenn
• Old Swedish: skin
  • Swedish: skinn
• Danish: skind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skinn
• → Old English: scinn, scynn
  • Middle English: skyn, schyn, scyn, skin, skinn, skinne, skynne, sckyn (Late Middle English), scin (Kent)
    • English: skin
    • Scots: skin
    • Yola: skien
• → Old Frisian: skene
• → Middle Low German: schin

From Old Norse skinn, from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-.

• IPA^(key): /ɧɪnː/

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skinn n

1. (human) skin
2. (animal) hide, fur (of a whole animal, used as a rug etc.)
3. (processed) leather

• (skin): hud, hy
• (hide): hud, fäll, päls
• (leather): läder

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