skemmta.
to entertain, amuse
Meaning & usage
to entertain, amuse
Skemmtu þér vel!
Where this word comes from
From either Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną or Proto-Germanic *skammitōną, both from *skammaz (“short, blunt”); the sense development would be "to shorten (the hours)" > "to make time fly (when having fun)" > "to entertain, amuse"". Cognate with Faroese skemta, Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, Swedish skämta, and Danish skæmte.
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