skyggja

Icelandic

Etymology

From skuggi (“a shadow”).

Verb

skyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skyggði, supine skyggt)

1. to overshadow, to block a source of illumination, to produce a shadow

   Þú skyggir á mig.

   You're standing in my light.

2. (impersonal, of dusk) to fall; to become dark

   Það fer að skyggja.

   Dusk is falling.

Derived terms

• skyggja á (to obscure)