Faroese

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

1. spoon
2. sheath
3. (anatomy) ****
4. (poetic) ship

Synonyms

• spoon: spónur
• sheath: slíðrar, váknaskeið
• ****: móðurskeið
• ship: skip

Declension

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið ‎(“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”).

Alternative forms

• skeiði ^[1]
• Skaj ^[2]

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

1. space of time, period
2. distance
3. (sports, archaic) race
4. (school) course, class

Derived terms

Declension

References

1. ↑ V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (p 292)
2. ↑ Skaj in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 729)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sceiːð/ ()
• Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse skeið ‎(“a ship, a sheath”).

Noun

skeið f ‎(genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful, a spoon

   Ein skeið af sykri.

   One spoonful of sugar.

3. (in the plural) a scabbard
4. (anatomy) a ****; (the passage leading from the opening of the **** to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals)

Declension

Derived terms

• skeið- (vaginal)

Synonyms

• (spoonful): skeiðarfylli
• (scabbard): slíður
• (****): leggöng, slíður

Etymology 2

Noun

skeið n ‎(genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span
2. a run
3. a race
4. (gaits, horses) an amble, an easy gait

Declension

Derived terms

• flugskeið
• um skeið

Synonyms

• (period): tímabil
• (run): hlaup
• (race): kapphlaup