skil/ja v (acc) (-di, -ið)
1. (botna í) understand
2. (aðskilja) separate
~~ e-ð að
divide sth in two
~~ e-ð frá e-u
separate sth from sth else
~~ mjólkina
separate milk and cream
3. (~jast að) part, separate, go from one another
þeir ~du reiðir eftir rifrildið
they parted in anger after the argument
4. (slíta sambúð) divorce
þau ~du
they got a divorce
5. impers
þar ~di leiðir okkar
that's where we went each our separate way
mikið ~ur á milli
there's a big difference
þá ~ur á um það
they disagree on that
6. refl
mér ~st að hann sé kominn
I understand he has arrived
láta e-ð á sér ~jast
let sth be understood
7. phrases
eiga e-ð ~ið
deserve sth
~~ á milli
distinguish
við erum ~dir að skiptum
I will have nothing to do with him from now on
~~ e-ð eftir
leave sth, leave sth behind
~~ ekkert í e-u
be unable to understand sth, make no sense of sth
~~ e-ð sundur
take sth apart
~~ e-ð undan
make an exception of sth
~~ við
die
segja ~ið við e-ð
leave sth, put sth behind one
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