skipa

From Old Norse skipa.

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːpa/

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

1. to arrange things
2. lead the singing of kvæði

• skipan (“arrangement, system”)

skipa

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

From Old Norse skipa.

• IPA^(key): [scʰɪːpa]

  Rhymes: -ɪːpa

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

1. (with dative) to order, command
2. (with dative) to arrange
3. (with dative) to discharge, unload
4. (with dative) to ship, put on board
5. (with accusative) to appoint
6. (with accusative) to occupy

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

• skipene

skipa

1. simple past of skipe
2. past participle of skipe

• skipet

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

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skipa

1. (transitive, with dative) to arrange, to place in order, to draw up
2. (transitive, with accusative) to take up, occupy
3. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to assign a thing to someone
4. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to man (with)
5. (with til + genitive) to arrange, make ready for

   skipa til búa sína

   to put one's household in order

6. to change

   bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga

   ask him to change the bargain

7. (reflexive)

• skipan f

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