- 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).* * *d, [provinc. Swed. skeina = to cut with a scythe], to scratch, wound slightly; hefir þú skeint þik? Ó. H. 72; ef maðr höggr til manns ok skeinir klæði hans, N. G. L. i. 164; nú hyggr hann at, hvar hann væri skeindr, Rd. 240.2. reflex. to get a scratch, a slight wound, Grág. ii. 65, Korm. 62, Fms. ii. 82, Sturl. i. 148, Ísl. ii. 258, Fas. ii. 407; skeindusk iðrin, Bs. i. 330.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.