skref

From Proto-Germanic *skrifą.

• IPA^(key): /skrɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

skref n (genitive singular skrefs, nominative plural skref)

1. step, pace (advance or movement made from one foot to the other)
2. 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.

3. a step of development, a stage in progress

   Það að finna upp hjólið var stórt skref.

   Inventing the wheel was a big step.

• skref fyrir skref
• þróunarskref

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skref n (genitive skrefs)

1. pace

• skrefa

• Icelandic: skref
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skrev
• Norwegian Bokmål: skrev

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