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skemtanar-dagr, m. day of enjoyment;
-ganga, f. pleasure-walk, promenade;
-rœða, f. entertaining talk, chat;
-samligr, a. amusing.
skemti-liga, adv. amusingly, pleasantly (hann segir vel frá ok -liga); -ligr, a. amusing, pleasant, interesting- entertaining (Þötti Kjartani -ligt at tala löngurn við hana).
skenking (pl. -ar), f. the serving of drink at tabie.
skenkja (-ta, -tr), v. (1) with dat. to serve with drink (fjórir menn skenktu konum); (2) to pour out, serve (drink), to one (s. e-m injöð).
Skenkjari, m. cup-bearer.
skenkr, m. a drink to be served at a meal (kom skenkr í stofuna).
skepja (skapta, skaptr, neut. skapit), v. = skapa.; (1) to shape, form, fashion, create (sá maðr, er guð skapti fyrstan í heirn Þenna); (2) to devise, Procure (konungr sagði, at Þ>. hafði Þar sjálfr sér laun fyrir skapit).
skepna, f. (1) shape,form (var síðan hverr hennar limr liðr með réttri skepnu); (2) a created thing, creature.
skepnu-dagr, m. day of creation.
skepta (-pta, -ptr), v. to furnish with a shafl, make a shoft to (s. geira, spjót, örvar).
skepti, n. (1) shaft, handle (var skeptit langt at spjótinu); (2) javelin, =skeptifletta.
skepti-fletta, f. a kind of javelin;
-amiðr, m. shaft-maker.
sker (gen. pl. skezja), n. rock in the sea, skerry (sigla milli skers ok báru).
skera (sker; skar, skárum; skorinn), v. (1) to cut (Þeir skáru böndin); s. e-n á háls, to cut one's throat (Karkr Þraell skar hann á háls); s. út ór, to cut right through; (2) to slaughter (s. sauði, kálf, kið, dilk, geldinga); (3) to shape, cut (hann skar hár hans ok negl); (4) to cut,mow, reap, (s. akr); (5) to carve, cut out (á brúðum stólsins var skorinn Þórr, ok var Þat líkneski mikit); (6) s. e-rn höfuð, to make faces at one; skapa ok s., to have all the say in a matter; láta skapat s., to let fate decide; (7) with preps. and advs., s. e-t af, to cut off; s. af manni, to be reserved or reticent; skera lítt af manni, to speak one's mind; s. niðr kvikfé, to slaughter the live stock (for want of fodder); s. ór e-u, to decide, settle (s. ór vanda-málum); nú er Þat vili vaár, at einn veg skeri ór, that the case be settled; s. upp herör, Þingboð, to dispatch a war-arrow, gatheringstick; s. upp akr, to reap a field; (8) refl., skerast, to stretch, branch, of a fjord, valley; fjörðr skarst langt inn í landit, stretched far into the land; höfðarnir skárust á víxl, the headlands stretched across, overlapped one another; s. í setgeira-brœkr, to put on a mzn's breeches; ef nökkut skerst f, if anything happens; skarst alit í odda með Þeim, Þat sern við bar, they fell at odds about everything that happened; s. ór e-u máli, to withdraw (shrink)from a cause (gangi nú allir til mín ok sveri eiða, at engi skerist ór Þessu máli); s. undan e-u, to refuse, decline doing a thing (mun lokit okkrurn samförum, ef Þú skerst undan förinni); s. undan, to hang back (Þeir fýstu hann at sættast, en hann skarst undan).
skerða (-rða, -rðr), v. to diminish.
sker-garðr, m. a belt of rocks in the sea; -gipr, m. a kind of bird.
skerjóttr, a. full of skerries.
skermsl, n. pl. a stretch of, rugged barren ground.
sker-nár, m. a person left to die on a skerry.
skerpa, f. sharpness; með fyrstu skerpu, in the first access or onslaught.
skerpingr, m. sharp effort (róa undan f skerpingi).
skessa, f. giantess, witch.
skessi-ligr, a. monstrous.
skeypa (-ta, -t), v. to mock (menn skeypa at honum ok hæja).
skeypi-liga, adv. mockingly.
skeyta (-tta, -ttr), v. (1) to transfer, convey a Piece of land to another (s. e-m jörð, s. jarðir til kirkju); (2) vera undir e-n skyldr ok skeyttr, to be bound, subject to one; (3) s. e-M forvitni, to satisfy one's curiosity; (4) s. e-t saman, to join together; (5) s.

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