skeið

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaiːj/

Etymology 1

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

1. spoon

   Synonym: spónur

2. sheath

   Synonyms: slíðrar, váknaskeið

3. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonym: móðurskeið

4. (poetic) ship

   Synonym: skip

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðin	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
accusative	skeið	skeiðina	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
dative	skeið	skeiðini	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðar	skeiðarinnar	skeiða	skeiðanna

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as the "spoon" sense of Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

• skeiði
• Skaj

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

1. space of time, period
2. distance
3. (sports, archaic) race
4. (school) course, class

Declension

n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
accusative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
dative	skeið, skeiði	skeiðnum	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðs	skeiðsins	skeiða	skeiðanna

Derived terms

• ársskeið (“school year, a year's time”)
• blómingarskeið (“bloom”)
• kvøldskeið (“evening class”)
• lívsskeið (“lifetime”)
• námskeið (“course, class”)
• summarskeið (“summer course”)
• tíðarskeið (“time, period”)
• valskeið (“legislative period”)
• æviskeið (“lifetime”)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sceiːð/

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• Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse skeið (“a ship, a sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful, a spoon

   Synonym: skeiðarfylli

   Ein skeið af sykri.

   One spoonful of sugar.

3. (in the plural) a scabbard

   Synonym: slíður

4. (anatomy) a vagina

   Synonyms: leggöng, slíður

Declension

Declension of skeið (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðin	skeiðar	skeiðarnar
accusative	skeið	skeiðina	skeiðar	skeiðarnar
dative	skeið	skeiðinni	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðar	skeiðarinnar	skeiða	skeiðanna

Derived terms

• skeið- (“vaginal”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as the "spoon" sense of Etymology 1.

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span

   Synonym: tímabil

2. a run

   Synonym: hlaup

3. a race

   Synonym: kapphlaup

4. (gaits, equestrianism) an amble, an easy gait

Declension

Declension of skeið (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðin
accusative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðin
dative	skeiði	skeiðinu	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðs	skeiðsins	skeiða	skeiðanna

Derived terms

• flugskeið
• námskeið
• um skeið

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• skeiði
• *skeði

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, to a root with the meaning of separation (of planks). Related to Old Norse skeiða (“to sheath”). Partial doublet of Old Norse skíð. Cognate to Old English scēaþ, English sheath, Old Saxon skēðia, Middle Low German schēde, Middle Dutch schēde, Dutch scheede, Old Frisian skēthe, Old High German sceida, German scheide.

Noun

skeið f

1. about (an elongated) piece of wood that has been split (or otherwise separated from a larger piece, such as a log) and the like
2. a sheath
3. a larger swift-sailing type of longship (compare the sheath of a peapod)
4. a reed (of a loom)
5. a spoon

Descendants

• Faroese: skeið
• Icelandic: skeið
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skeid, skei
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: skei
• Old Danish: sketh
  • Danish: ske
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skje
• Old Swedish: skēþ, skedh
  • Swedish: sked
• ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)
• ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiði (“sheath; swift longship”)
  • Norwegian: skeidi
• ⇒ Old East Norse: *skeði (“sheath; swift longship”)
  • Old Danish: skede
    • Danish: skede
    • Norwegian Bokmål: skjede
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjede
  • Old Swedish: skedhe
    • Swedish: skede (today replaced by duplicate skida)
  • → Old East Slavic: скедии (skedii, “boat”)
• → Middle Irish: scáeth (“ship, fleet”)
  • Irish: scaoth
  • Manx: skeih
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”), ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

Noun

skeið n

1. race, to run a race with one
2. race course
3. piece of way; stretch of road
4. a period, a span, space of time

Descendants

• Danish: sked
• Faroese: skeið
• Icelandic: skeið
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skeid, skei
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: skeid
• Old Swedish: skedhe
  • Swedish: skede