skava

skava f (4th declension)

1. clamp
2. staple
3. clip
4. clevis

• skavot

• skave

From Old Norse skafa. Akin to English shave.

• IPA^(key): /²skɑːʋɑ/

skava (present tense skavar or skjev, past tense skava or skov, past participle skava or skave, present participle skavande, imperative skav)

1. to scrape, whittle, cut something finely, e.g. bark off a tree

• “skava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse skava, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

skava

1. to scrape

• Swedish: skava

From Old Swedish skava, from Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”).

skava (present skaver, preterite skavde, supine skavt, imperative skav)

1. to chafe, to rub, to scrape

   Mina skor skaver.

   My shoes are rubbing.

   den siste bullen, som bakas af det, som skafves från kanterna af baktråg

   the last bun, which is baked from that [dough], which is scraped from the edges of troughs

2. (figuratively) to not seem right, to be a bother, to gall

   Det är nåt som skaver i att de valde en lyxresort för välgörenhetsgalan

   There's something that chafes about them picking a luxury resort for the charity gala

• renskav
• skavning
• skoskav

• vakas, vaska