skara eld að sinni köku

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Contents 1 Icelandic 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 See also

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Alternative spellings

• skara eld að eigin köku

[edit] Etymology

From skara (“‘poke fire’”) + eld, the accusative of eldur (“‘fire’”) + að (“‘to’”) + sinni the dative singular of sinn (“‘one's own’”) + köku, the dative of kaka (“‘cake’”). Literally meaning "to poke fire to owns own cake".

[edit] Verb

skara eld að sinni köku

1. (idiomatic) to feather one's own nest/feather one's nest, to look out for number one

[edit] Synonyms

• (to look out for number one): ota sínum tota

[edit] See also

• bera sig eftir björginni