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skipa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

  1. to arrange things
  2. lead the singing of kvæði

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

  • skipan (“arrangement, system”)
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Gothic

Romanization

skipa

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa from Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

  1. to order, command [with dative]
  2. to arrange [with dative]
  3. to discharge, unload [with dative]
  4. to ship, put on board [with dative]
  5. to appoint [with accusative]
  6. to occupy [with accusative]

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Alternative forms

Verb

skipa

  1. simple past of skipe
  2. past participle of skipe

Alternative forms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Verb

skipa

  1. to arrange, to place in order, to draw up [with dative ‘some people, e.g. for battle’]
  2. to put in charge [with dative ‘someone’, along with fyrir (+ accusative) or yfir (+ accusative) ‘of something’]
  3. to take up, to occupy [with accusative]
  4. to assign [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘something’]
  5. to man [with dative ‘with someone’ and accusative ‘something, e.g. a ship’]
  6. to arrange, make ready for [with til (+ genitive)]
    skipa til búa sína
    to put one's household in order
  7. to change (to cause to change) [with accusative]
    bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga
    ask him to change the bargain
  8. (reflexive) to change (to undergo a change)

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skipa
  • Faroese: skipa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skipa, skipe
  • Old Swedish: skepa, skipa
  • Old Danish: skipæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “skipa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Swedish

Verb

skipa (present skipar, preterite skipade, supine skipat, imperative skipa)

  1. (in "skipa rättvisa (“justice”)") to bring about justice (often in a court or the like)
    att ställa de ansvariga inför rätta och skipa rättvisa
    to put those responsible on trial and deliver justice
    Rättvisa har skipats
    Justice has been done

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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