skrefa

Old Norse

Etymology

Presumably from skref.

Noun

skrefa

1. indefinite genitive plural of skref

Verb

skrefa (past tense skrefaði)

1. to stride, pace

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrefa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	skrefa
present participle	skrefandi
past participle	skrefaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skrefa	skrefaða
2nd-person singular	skrefar	skrefaðir
3rd-person singular	skrefar	skrefaði
1st-person plural	skrefum	skrefuðum
2nd-person plural	skrefið	skrefuðuð
3rd-person plural	skrefa	skrefuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skrefa	skrefaða
2nd-person singular	skrefir	skrefaðir
3rd-person singular	skrefi	skrefaði
1st-person plural	skrefim	skrefaðim
2nd-person plural	skrefið	skrefaðið
3rd-person plural	skrefi	skrefaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skrefa
1st-person plural	skrefum
2nd-person plural	skrefið

Conjugation of skrefa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	skrefask
present participle	skrefandisk
past participle	skrefazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skrefumk	skrefuðumk
2nd-person singular	skrefask	skrefaðisk
3rd-person singular	skrefask	skrefaðisk
1st-person plural	skrefumsk	skrefuðumsk
2nd-person plural	skrefizk	skrefuðuzk
3rd-person plural	skrefask	skrefuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skrefumk	skrefuðumk
2nd-person singular	skrefisk	skrefaðisk
3rd-person singular	skrefisk	skrefaðisk
1st-person plural	skrefimsk	skrefaðimsk
2nd-person plural	skrefizk	skrefaðizk
3rd-person plural	skrefisk	skrefaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skrefask
1st-person plural	skrefumsk
2nd-person plural	skrefizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: skreva, skreve
• Norwegian Bokmål: skreve

References

• “skrefa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press