skeifa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skeifa, from skeifr (“askew, oblique”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsceiːva]

  Rhymes: -eiːva

Noun

skeifa f (genitive singular skeifu, nominative plural skeifur)

1. a horseshoe

   Hver hestur hefur eina skeifu á hverjum fæti.

   Every horse has one horseshoe on each foot.

Declension

declension of skeifa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeifa	skeifan	skeifur	skeifurnar
accusative	skeifu	skeifuna	skeifur	skeifurnar
dative	skeifu	skeifunni	skeifum	skeifunum
genitive	skeifu	skeifunnar	skeifa/skeifna	skeifanna/skeifnanna

Derived terms

• setja á sig skeifu
• Skeifan (the Horseshoe)