skeðja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaþjaną. Akin to English scathe.

Verb

skeðja (singular past indicative skaddi, plural past indicative skǫddu, past participle skaddr)

  1. to mar, damage, scathe, hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of skeðja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive skeðja
present participle skeðjandi
past participle skaddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular skeð skadda skeðja skedda
2nd person singular skeðr skaddir skeðir skeddir
3rd person singular skeðr skaddi skeði skeddi
1st person plural skeðjum skǫddum skeðim skeddim
2nd person plural skeðið skǫdduð skeðið skeddið
3rd person plural skeðja skǫddu skeði skeddi
imperative present
2nd person singular skeð
1st person plural skeðjum
2nd person plural skeðið
Conjugation of skeðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive skeðjask
present participle skeðjandisk
past participle skazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular skeðjumk skǫddumk skeðjumk skeddumk
2nd person singular skezk skaddisk skeðisk skeddisk
3rd person singular skezk skaddisk skeðisk skeddisk
1st person plural skeðjumsk skǫddumsk skeðimsk skeddimsk
2nd person plural skeðizk skǫdduzk skeðizk skeddizk
3rd person plural skeðjask skǫddusk skeðisk skeddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular skezk
1st person plural skeðjumsk
2nd person plural skeðizk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skeðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 370; also available at the Internet Archive