Skipta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - skipta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "skipta" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

skipta Old Icelandic word can mean:

skipta: (-pta, -ptr), v.

skipta: 1) to divide;

skipta: s. e-u í tvá staði, to divide into two parts;

skipta: s. e-u með sér, to divide between themselves (sumum mönnum skiptu þeir með sér til ánauðar);

skipta: 2) to share, deal out (nornir ~ geysiújafnt);

skipta: enda skipti guð með oss, and so may God judge between us;

skipta: 3) to shift, change (s. litum, nafni, skapi);

skipta: 4) þat skiptir engu (litlu, miklu), it is of no (little, great) importance, it makes no (little, great) difference;

skipta: mik skiptir engu, it is of no moment to me, does not concern me;

skipta: s. máli, to be of importance (þótti henni allmiklu máli s., at þér tœkist stórmannliga);

skipta: eiga máli at s. um e-t, to have a right to deal with, be concerned about, a thing;

skipta: þat mun tveimr s., it will turn out in one of two ways;

skipta: sér Pálnatoki, at mun tveimr um s., that it will turn out one way or the other;

skipta: þat skipti mörgum hundruðum, it was a matter of (it amounted to) many hundreds;

skipta: sitr Ólafr nú at búi sínu, svá at vetrum skipti, for several years;

skipta: 5) absol. to come about, happen;

skipta: ef því er at s., if it comes to that;

skipta: því er at s. þó, it will however turn out so;

skipta: 6) with preps., s. sér af e-u, to take part in, concern oneself with a thing (Glúmr skipti sér ekki af um búsýslu);

skipta: s. e-u fyrir e-t, to exchange a thing for another;

skipta: undarliga skiptit ér til, ye do strangely with things;

skipta: impers., skiptir e-n veg til, it turns out, comes to pass (þannig skipti til sem úlíkligra mundi þykkja);

skipta: s. um e-u, to change;

skipta: s. um trúnaði sínum, to go over to the other side;

skipta: s. um e-t, to change (s. um bústað, lánardróttna, nafn);

skipta: s. um, to come to a crisis, turn one way or other (skjótt mun um s.);

skipta: s. e-u við e-n, to exchange with one another (s. höggum við e-n);

skipta: s. orðum við e-n, to bandy words with one;

skipta: s. ríki við e-n, to share the kingdom with (sá hann engan annan sinn kost en s. ríki við Harald);

skipta: 7) refl., ~st, to divide themselves, disperse (skiptust þeir, snøru sumir norðr); to change (þá skiptust tungur á Englandi, er Vilhjálmr bastarðr vann England);

skipta: recipr., ~st e-u við, to make an exchange;

skipta: s. gjöfum (höggum) við, to exchange presents (blows);

skipta: s. við um róðr, to row by turns.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-u: einhverju.

e-t: eitthvat.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

impers.: impersonal.

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