Icelandic Online: Dictionary Entry for skera

skera v (acc) (skar, skáru, skorið)

1. cut, slit, slice

~ sig

cut oneself

~ brauð

slice bread

~ e-n á háls

slit sby's throat

2. refl intersect

línurnar ~st hér

the lines intersect/cross here

3. pp

~ndi hljóð

piercing sound

4. phrases

~ e-ð af e-u

slice sth off sth, cut sth off sth

~st í leikinn

intervene

~ niður

slice, cut up

~ niður fjárveitingar

make cuts, cut back on resources/financing

~ niður fé

slaughter sheep

~ e-ð í sundur

cut sth in two/in half

~ e-n upp

operate on sby

~ úr deilu

settle a dispute

~ sig úr

stand out

~st úr leik

back out of sth

~ út

carve

~ e-ð við nögl

be niggardly with sth

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