skipa

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

  1. to arrange things
  2. lead the singing of kvæði

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of skipa (group v-30)
infinitive skipa
supine skipað
participle (a6)1 skipandi skipaður
present past
first singular skipi skipaði
second singular skipar skipaði
third singular skipar skipaði
plural skipa skipaðu
imperative
singular skipa!
plural skipið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms[edit]

  • skipan (arrangement, system)

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

skipa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

  1. (with dative) to order, command
  2. (with dative) to arrange
  3. (with dative) to discharge, unload
  4. (with dative) to ship, put on board
  5. (with accusative) to appoint
  6. (with accusative) to occupy

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

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Verb[edit]

skipa

  1. simple past of skipe
  2. past participle of skipe

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

skipa

  1. (transitive, with dative) to arrange, to place in order, to draw up
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to take up, occupy
  3. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to assign a thing to someone
  4. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to man (with)
  5. (with til + genitive) to arrange, make ready for
    skipa til búa sína
    to put one's household in order
  6. to change
    bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga
    ask him to change the bargain
  7. (reflexive)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: skipa
  • Faroese: skipa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skipa, skipe
  • Old Swedish: skepa, skipa
  • Old Danish: skipæ

References[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

skipa (present skipar, preterite skipade, supine skipat, imperative skipa)

  1. (in "skipa rättvisa (justice)") to bring about justice (often in a court or the like)
    att ställa de ansvariga inför rätta och skipa rättvisa
    to put those responsible on trial and deliver justice
    Rättvisa har skipats
    Justice has been done

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