skref
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skrifą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skref n (genitive singular skrefs, nominative plural skref)
- step, pace (advance or movement made from one foot to the other)
- step, pace (the distance covered by a step)
- Hún tók fjögra skrefa tilhlaup.
- She took a four step running start.
- Hann færði sig einu skrefi nær.
- He moved one step closer.
- Skólinn minn er bara nokkur skref í burtu.
- My school is only a few steps away.
- a step of development, a stage in progress
- Það að finna upp hjólið var stórt skref.
- Inventing the wheel was a big step.
Declension[edit]
declension of skref
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
skref n (genitive skrefs)
Declension[edit]
Declension of skref (strong a-stem)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “skref”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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