skekkja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skekkja (to skew; displace), from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Doublet of skenkja. Related to Icelandic skakkur (skewed).

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Verb[edit]

skekkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skekkti, supine skekkt)

  1. to skew

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

skekkja f (genitive singular skekkju, nominative plural skekkjur)

  1. obliquity
  2. (mathematics) error, deviation

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