skammr a
1.
short (var sú leiðin skemmri); láta e-n höfði skemmri, to make one shorter by the head, to behead; neut, skammt, a short way, short distance (hann bjó skammt frá Skallagrími);
2.
of time, short, brief; skamma hríð, stund, but a short while; eiga skammt úlifat, to have but a short time to live; hann kvað skammt til þess, he said it would be soon; skammt frá þessu, a short while after this;
3.
adverbially, skömmu, skemmstu, lately, very lately, recently, very recently, = fyrir skömmu, skemmstu; skömmum, not long (sat hann skömmum við drykk); skemmrum, for a shorter time (at landit mundi verða skemmrum biskupslaust, ef tveir væri biskuparnir); sem skemmst, as short a while as possible
