What does skegg in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word skegg in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use skegg in Icelandic.

The word skegg in Icelandic means beard, prow, beard. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word skegg

beard

noun (facial hair)

Ef að heimspekingur er ekki með langt, hvítt skegg, treysti ég honum ekki.
If a philosopher doesn't have a long, white beard, I don't trust him.

prow

noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)

beard

verb noun (facial hair)

Ef að heimspekingur er ekki með langt, hvítt skegg, treysti ég honum ekki.
If a philosopher doesn't have a long, white beard, I don't trust him.

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Hins vegar „voru forn-Egyptar eina Austurlandaþjóðin sem var mótfallin því að menn bæru skegg“, segir í biblíuorðabókinni Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature eftir McClintock og Strong.
In contrast, “the ancient Egyptians were the only Oriental nation who objected to wearing the beard,” says McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
Ūađ er annar ađili sem er líka međ skegg, Norđur-Karķlína:
There's someone else, North Carolina, that has facial hair:
Sá löstur þótti á Njáli að honum óx ekki skegg.
Tigger then decides that he does not like ice skating.
Þegar hann opnar augun aftur kemst hann að því, sér til mikillar undrunar, að hundur hans er farinn, riffillinn hans er ryðgaður og hann hefur nú sítt skegg.
When he opens his eyes again, he is surprised to find that his dog is gone, his rifle has rusted, and he now has a long beard.
17 Er viðeigandi að bræður séu með skegg?
17 What about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?
Ekki bara ķrakađur, heldur međ snyrt skegg.
He had, not five-o'clock shadow but something cultivated.
" Hvar er hann farinn? " Hrópaði maðurinn með skegg.
" Where's he gone? " cried the man with the beard.
Brúnar linsur, bláar eoa graenar, skegg eoa yfirskegg.
Brown contacts, blue, green beard, goatee, mustache?
Ég man ađ hann var međ skegg.
I do remember the man wore a beard.
Og skegg á höku hans var hvít sem snjór;
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The barman leant feitur rautt his vopn á borðið og talaði hrossa með blóðleysi cabman, en svart- skegg maður í gráum sleit upp kex og ostur, drakk Burton og conversed í American við lögreglumann á vakt.
The barman leant his fat red arms on the counter and talked of horses with an anaemic cabman, while a black- bearded man in grey snapped up biscuit and cheese, drank Burton, and conversed in American with a policeman off duty.
Hebreskir karlar til forna létu sér vaxa skegg.
Hebrew men of ancient times grew beards.
Heldurđu ađ ūú gætir elskađ mann međ flott skegg?
Do you think you could ever love a man with a funky Fu Manchu?
Þú verður myndin Mr Thomas Marvel sem einstakling miklu, sveigjanleg visage, nefið of sívalur protrusion, sem liquorish, nægur, sveiflukenndar munni og skegg mikinn eccentricity.
You must picture Mr. Thomas Marvel as a person of copious, flexible visage, a nose of cylindrical protrusion, a liquorish, ample, fluctuating mouth, and a beard of bristling eccentricity.
Þessi hátíðlega herrar - öll þrjú höfðu fullt skegg, eins og Gregor þegar fundið út í gegnum sprunga í dyrnar - voru meticulously stefnir tidiness, ekki aðeins í eigin herbergi þeirra En, þar sem þeir höfðu nú leigt herbergi hér, í öllu heimilanna, einkum í eldhúsinu.
These solemn gentlemen -- all three had full beards, as Gregor once found out through a crack in the door -- were meticulously intent on tidiness, not only in their own room but, since they had now rented a room here, in the entire household, and particularly in the kitchen.
11 Eftir þetta tók Esekíel sér sverð og rakaði af sér allt hár og skegg.
11 Using a sword, Ezekiel next shaved off his hair and beard.
Hann birtist í formi múmíu með beint falskt skegg og hjálm.
The uniforms featured pinstripes with a solid blue collar and waistband.
Síðar þóttist hann ætla að heilsa Amasa frænda sínum og þreif í skegg hans með hægri hendi eins og til að kyssa hann en rak hann svo í gegn með sverðinu sem hann hafði í vinstri hendi.
Later, under the pretext of greeting his cousin Amasa, Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand as if to kiss him and then ran him through with the sword in his left hand.
Ekki bara órakaður, heldur með snyrt skegg
He had, not five- o' clock shadow...... but something cultivated
Ūessi svikari reyndi ađ drepa mig og lét fjarlægja skegg mitt!
This traitor tried to kill me and had my beard removed!
Maðurinn með skegg stað his Revolver.
The man with the beard replaced his revolver.
20 Og á sama degi mun Drottinn með arakhnífi, leigðum fyrir handan fljót, hjá bAssýríukonungi, raka höfuð og fótleggi, og skegg mun hann einnig nema burt.
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a arazor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
Ūegar konur sjá mig međ ūessa gerđ af skeggi, svífa ūær aftur í tímann ūegar svona skegg réđu.
All right? See, when women see me with a moustache of that type... they're transported back to a time when the moustache was king:
Er viðeigandi að bræður séu með skegg?
Is it proper for a brother today to have a beard?
Það var ný lífsreynsla fyrir þau að klæðast eins og fólk gerði á biblíutímanum og fyrir bræðurna að láta líma á sig skegg.
It was a new experience to dress in clothes like those used in Bible times and for the brothers to have a beard glued on their faces.

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