skipa

From Old Norse skipa.

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːpa/

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

1. to arrange things
2. lead the singing of kvæði

• skipan (“arrangement, system”)

skipa

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

From Old Norse skipa from Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

• IPA^(key): [scʰɪːpa]

  Rhymes: -ɪːpa

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

1. to order, command [with dative]
2. to arrange [with dative]
3. to discharge, unload [with dative]
4. to ship, put on board [with dative]
5. to appoint [with accusative]
6. to occupy [with accusative]

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

• skipene

skipa

1. simple past of skipe
2. past participle of skipe

• skipet

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

From Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

skipa

1. to arrange, to place in order, to draw up [with dative ‘some people, e.g. for battle’]
2. to put in charge [with dative ‘someone’, along with fyrir (+ accusative) or yfir (+ accusative) ‘of something’]
3. to take up, to occupy [with accusative]
4. to assign [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘something’]
5. to man [with dative ‘with someone’ and accusative ‘something, e.g. a ship’]
6. to arrange, make ready for [with til (+ genitive)]

   skipa til búa sína

   to put one's household in order

7. to change (to cause to change) [with accusative]

   bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga

   ask him to change the bargain

8. (reflexive) to change (to undergo a change)

• skipan f

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skipa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

skipa (present skipar, preterite skipade, supine skipat, imperative skipa)

1. (in "skipa rättvisa (“justice”)") to bring about justice (often in a court or the like)

   att ställa de ansvariga inför rätta och skipa rättvisa

   to put those responsible on trial and deliver justice

   Rättvisa har skipats

   Justice has been done

• rättskipning

• rättvisa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)