skepna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skepna, from Proto-Germanic *skapnijǭ, from the past participle of *skapjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛhpna/

  Rhymes: -ɛhpna

Noun

skepna f (genitive singular skepnu, nominative plural skepnur)

1. (archaic, uncountable) creation (all the world)
2. creature
3. animal, beast
4. (derogatory) pig, bastard, cow (denoting a beastly, dastardly person)
5. (derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman)
6. (obsolete) fate
7. (obsolete) sense, wits
8. (as a sort of half-pejorative term of endearment) poor thing

Declension

declension of skepna

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skepna	skepnan	skepnur	skepnurnar
accusative	skepnu	skepnuna	skepnur	skepnurnar
dative	skepnu	skepnunni	skepnum	skepnunum
genitive	skepnu	skepnunnar	skepna	skepnanna