- skeina
- I)(-da, -dr), v. to scratch, wound slightly (hefir þú skeint þik? hann svarar: ekki em ek skeindr);refl., skeinast, to get a scratch, a slight wound.II)f. scratch, slight wound (kalla ek þetta skeinu ok ekki sár).* * *1.u, f. a scratch, slight wound; kalla ek þetta skeinu en ekki sár, Nj. 205, Háv. 50, Fms. ix. 497, Róm. 239; var skeinan saman hlaupin, Grett. 152.COMPDS: skeinuhættr, skeinusamr, skeinisamt.2.d, [skeini, skán, skæni], to wipe, tergere foramen.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.