skeyti

skeyti: n. shaft, missile, arrow.

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n. [skjóta]. a shaft, missile; honum selr Fjölnir í hönd eitt skeyti … hann berr þessa ör fyrir hvern mann, Fms. xi. 71; með s. sín, Lv. 66, Fms. ii. 332; skafa s., Rm. 39; skaðleg s., Fms. ii. 198; þung s., Magn. 468, Skv. 3. 54: shafts or arrows were used for tokens or messages (cp. Swed. budkafle, her-ör, q. v.), hence the Icel. popular phrases, eg heti ekki fengið nein skeyti, I have received no notice; hann hefir ekki sent mér nein s., he has sent me no message.

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skitter — /ˈskɪtə/ (say skituh) verb (i) 1. to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly: *sat silently on the sofa, her children skittering around her. –dorothy hewett, 1999. 2. to skim along a surface. 3. Angling to draw a spoon or a baited hook over the… …
skeet — ☆ skeet [skēt ] n. [20th c. adoption and alteration of ON skeyti, projectile, akin to skjōta, to SHOOT] trapshooting in which the shooter fires from different stations, usually eight, at clay disks thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight … English World dictionary

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