skeifa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skeifa, from skeifr (“askew, oblique”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsceiːva]

  Rhymes: -eiːva

Noun

skeifa f (genitive singular skeifu, nominative plural skeifur)

1. a horseshoe

   Hver hestur hefur eina skeifu á hverjum fæti.

   Every horse has one horseshoe on each foot.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeifa	skeifan	skeifur	skeifurnar
accusative	skeifu	skeifuna	skeifur	skeifurnar
dative	skeifu	skeifunni	skeifum	skeifunum
genitive	skeifu	skeifunnar	skeifna, skeifa	skeifnanna, skeifanna

Declension of skeifa (feminine)

Derived terms

• setja á sig skeifu
• Skeifan (the Horseshoe)