skaka

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See also: skáka and skåka

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skaka (to shake), from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir). Compare Norwegian skake, Swedish skaka, Danish skage, Low German schaken, English shake.

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Verb

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skaka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skók, third-person plural past indicative skóku, supine skekið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to shake

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skaka. Akin to English shake.

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Verb

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skaka (present tense skakar or skjek, past tense skaka or skok, supine skaka or skjeke, past participle skaka or skjeken, present participle skakande, imperative skak)

  1. to shake
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860:
      [] og so naar Krøningi var fullførd baadi til Kongen og Dronningi høyra Kanonurne skaka Kyrkja [] .
      [] and then, when the coronation of both the King and Queen was finished, to hear the cannon shake the church []
  2. to frighten, upset

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

Verb

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skaka (singular past indicative skók, plural past indicative skóku, past participle skekinn)

  1. to shake

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skaka
  • Faroese: skaka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skaka; (dialectal) skåkå, skøkø, skæka, skjeka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skake
  • Old Swedish: skaka
  • Danish: skage

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

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skaka, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

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skaka

  1. to shake
  2. to swing

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish skaka, from Old Norse skaka (to shake), from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir). Cognate with Norwegian skake, Danish skage, Icelandic skaka, Low German schaken and English shake.

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Verb

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skaka (present skakar, preterite skakade, supine skakat, imperative skaka)

  1. (transitive) to shake (physically or to disturb emotionally)
  2. (intransitive) to shake, to tremble

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