skeiv

From Norwegian Nynorsk skeiv, from Old Norse skeifr.

skeiv (masculine and feminine skeiv, neuter skeivt, definite singular and plural skeive, comparative skeivere, indefinite superlative skeivest, definite superlative skeiveste)

1. alternative form of skjev
2. queer (non-heterosexual or non-cisgender)

• “skeiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• skeiv’u, skeiv’e (dialectal)

From Old Norse skeifr, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (“crooked”), of disputed ultimate origin. Perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”).^[1] Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).^[2]

Cognates include Faroese skeivur, Icelandic skeifur, Swedish skev (< Old Swedish skēver), Danish skæv (> Norwegian Bokmål skjev), Middle Low German schêf, German schief, Dutch scheef, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt). See also English skew.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛɪːv/, [ʃɛ̝ɪ̯ːʋ], /sçɛɪːv/, [sçɛ̝ɪ̯ːʋ], [sc͡çɛ̝ɪ̯ːʋ]

skeiv (comparative skeivare, superlative skeivast)

1. slanting, crooked, askew, oblique (not straight)

   Hylla er skeiv.

   The shelf is crooked.

2. skewed

   Han gav ei skeiv framstilling.

   He gave a skewed presentation.

3. queer (not heterosexual)

• “skeiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “skeiv” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring