skikka

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish skikke (“to send”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan. === Verb === skikka to make someone do something, to order someone to do something (with the order coming from an authority figure such as a parent or the state) Synonyms: láta, skipa, skylda, neyða Hann var skikkaður í meðferð. ― They made him go to rehab. Hann var skikkaður til að hjálpa til við eldamennskuna. ― They made him help with the cooking. Hún var skikkuð með dómsúrskurði til að snúa aftur til Danmerkur. ― The court ordered her to return to Denmark. (archaic) to send; to deliver; to hand over ==== Usage notes ==== The first meaning is used with either til or í, "skikka til einhvers" or "skikka í eitthvað". ==== Related terms ==== skikk skikkanlegur (“acceptable”)