skerja

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Faroese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(etymological) skerða

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

skerja (third person singular past indicative skerdi, third person plural past indicative skert, supine skert)

  1. to tear, to cut
  2. to clip (bird wings)
  3. (about dry weather, dryness) to finish

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of skerja (group v-71)
infinitive skerja
supine skert
participle (a7)1 skerjandi skerdur
present past
first singular skerji skerdi
second singular skerjir skerdi
third singular skerjir skerdi
plural skerja skerdu
imperative
singular skerj!
plural skerjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol 2. p. 294 skerða)

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

skerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sker

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

skerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sker