What does skamma in Icelandic mean?

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

The word skamma in Icelandic means scold, insult, affront. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word skamma

scold

verb (to rebuke)

Ekki skamma hana. Hún er of ung til að skilja það.

Don't scold her. She's too young to understand.

insult

verb

affront

verb

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Þegar ófriðurinn skall á 1914 varð Nordisk film að hætta störfum og hvarf Bjarni þá heim aftur, en hafði skamma viðdvöl.

When hostilities ceased in 1945 the stadium was in need of major repairs and the pitch had to be re-laid before the football team could play again.

Eftir skamma stund lendum viđ á Jörđ 2.

Not much longer and we'II be at Earth Two.

Hvađ sem ūú hefur gert nú skamma ég ūig ekki, ūví mamma skammađi okkur aldrei.

No matter what you've done now I won't blame you, just as Mommy never blamed us.

Ég held ekki að þessi hatursbylgja, sem gekk skamma stund yfir Kína, hafi verið einsdæmi.

“I don’t think this period of hatred that briefly engulfed China was an isolated incident.

Við líkjum ekki eftir fjöldanum sem felur sig „í hellum og í hömrum fjalla“ — leitar verndar hjá samtökum og stofnunum manna sem kunna að standa um skamma hríð eftir eyðingu Babýlonar hinnar miklu.

We will not imitate the masses of mankind who will flee to “the caves” and hide “in the rock-masses of the mountains” —human organizations and institutions that may remain for a very short while after Babylon the Great is desolated.

Af hverju er verið að skamma stelpuna?

Why is this little girl being scolded?

Öldungur myndi því ekki skamma hinn villuráfandi og vera harðneskjulegur við hann.

Hence, when offering counsel, an elder would not scold the erring one, employing harsh words.

5 Og ég gef þeim þau fyrirmæli, að þeir fari skamma hríð, og það mun veitast þeim með krafti aandans, hvenær þeir skuli snúa aftur.

5 And I give unto them a commandment that they shall go forth for a little season, and it shall be agiven by the power of the Spirit when they shall return.

Borgin var grá og drungaleg en eftir skamma stund hreinsađist hugurinn.

The city was quite gloomy and gray but after a while, my brain seemed clearer.

Eða vitandi það að Biblían fordæmir það að ‚binda aðra með gjörningum,‘ myndum við þá leyfa dávaldi að ná tökum á huga okkar, jafnvel um skamma stund? — 5. Mós.

Or, knowing that the Bible condemns ‘binding others with a spell,’ would we allow a hypnotist to control our mind, even temporarily? —Deut.

Maður á svo skamma ævi, eins gott að gera eitthvað úr sér

Figure you' re only alive so long... you might as well do something with yourself

Þess vegna skulum við, á þeim skamma tíma sem eftir er fram að hinum ógurlega degi Guðs, eiga sem fyllstan þátt í að hjálpa öðrum að ‚ákalla nafn Jehóva til að þeir komist undan heilir á húfi.

Therefore, in the short time remaining before God’s fear-inspiring day, let us have a full share in helping others to ‘call on the name of Jehovah so as to get away safe.’

Fķlk hefur alltaf veriđ ađ skamma mig.

People have always been giving me a hard time.

Ūiđ verđiđ fullorđin, en ađeins skamma stund.

You will become adults, but only briefly.

Fel þig skamma hríð, uns reiðin er liðin hjá.“

Hide yourself for but a moment until the denunciation passes over.”

„Feldu þig skamma hríð uns reiðin er liðin hjá.“

“Hide yourself for but a moment until the denunciation passes over.”

Alltaf að skamma mig!

I always get the blame!

Skipið fer frá Tróas og hefur skamma viðdvöl í Míletus.

After leaving Troʹas, the boat stops at Mi·leʹtus for a while.

Ūegar klukkurnar hringja eftir skamma stund, verđur ūađ í fyrsta skipti í fjögur ár og viđ skulum minnast ūeirra sem féllu í átökunum og ūakka Guđi fyrir stríđslokin

When the bells ring out and they will in a moment, for the first time for four years let us remember our brothers fallen in the field.

Eyjan er sú eina í Karíbahafi sem lengi var sænsk nýlenda, en Gvadelúp var einnig um skamma hríð undir sænskri stjórn undir lok Napóleonsstyrjaldanna.

It is the only Caribbean island that was a Swedish colony for any significant length of time; Guadeloupe was under Swedish rule only briefly at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Snemma árs 1941 var herlið bandamanna um skamma hríð í Grikklandi og Níkolás var þá blessunarlega leystur úr fangelsi.

Fortunately, early in 1941, the Allied army briefly entered Greece and Nicolas was released from jail.

Sem skamma má

The dame to blame

Svo mķđir Jķhanns ūarf ađ skamma hann eins og barn og benda honum á skyldu sína.

So it's left to John's mother to scold him like a child and point him to his duty.

Eftir skamma stund yfirgáfu mótmælendur bankann og fóru á kaffihús Hljómalindar.

A few minutes later, he reentered the saloon and walked up to the bar to order a whiskey sour.

Því að svo segir [Jehóva] allsherjar: Eftir skamma hríð mun ég hræra himin og jörð, haf og þurrlendi.“

For this is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘Yet once —it is a little while— and I am rocking the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry ground.’”

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