skamm/ur adj (f skömm; comp skemmri , superl skemmstur )
1. (um vegalengd/of distance) short
~t héðan
a short distance from here
2. (um tíma/of time) short, brief
~a stund, ~a hríð
short time
til ~s tíma
until recently, for a short time
innan ~s
in a little while
skömmu síðar
shortly afterwards
hann á ~t eftir
he has only a short time left to live