English

Verb

skive ‎(third-person singular simple present skives, present participle skiving, simple past and past participle skived)

1. (Britain) To avoid one's lessons or, sometimes, work. Chiefly at school or university.
   • 2006, The Economist, Young offenders: Arrested development

     Truancies, rather bewilderingly, have risen among children on the programme; the government hopes this is because children skive more as they get older.

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Dutch schijf ‎(“slice”)^[1], probably influenced by shive.

Cognate to English shive, German Scheibe ‎(“slice”), Old Norse skífa ‎(“to cut into slices, slice”).

Noun

skive ‎(plural skives)

1. The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Verb

skive ‎(third-person singular simple present skives, present participle skiving, simple past and past participle skived)

1. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

Derived terms

• skiver

References

1. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=qIsDdUSYJMIC

Danish

Noun

skive c (singular definite skiven, plural indefinite skiver)

1. slice, shive

Inflection

References

• “skive” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skífa

Noun

skive m, f ‎(definite singular skiva or skiven, indefinite plural skiver, definite plural skivene)

1. a disc (UK) or disk (US)
2. a washer (small disc with a hole in the middle)
3. a slice (e.g. slice of bread)

Derived terms

• brødskive
• skivebrems

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skífa

Noun

skive f ‎(definite singular skiva, indefinite plural skiver, definite plural skivene)

1. a disc (UK) or disk (US)
2. a washer (as above)
3. a slice (e.g. slice of bread)

Derived terms

• brødskive
• skivebrems