"skara eld að sinni köku" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

Forms: skaraði eld að sinni köku [indicative, past, singular, third-person], skarað eld að sinni köku [supine]
Etymology: From skara (“poke fire”) + eld, the accusative of eldur (“fire”) + að (“to”) + sinni the dative singular of sinn (“one's own”) + köku, the dative of kaka (“cake”). Literally meaning "to poke fire to one's own cake". Etymology templates: {{m|is|skara||poke fire}} skara (“poke fire”), {{m|is|eld}} eld, {{m|is|eldur||fire}} eldur (“fire”), {{m|is|að||to}} að (“to”), {{m|is|sinni}} sinni, {{m|is|sinn||one's own}} sinn (“one's own”), {{m|is|köku}} köku, {{m|is|kaka||cake}} kaka (“cake”) Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|skaraði eld að sinni köku||{{{22}}} eld að sinni köku|supine|skarað eld að sinni köku||{{{33}}} eld að sinni köku|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} skara eld að sinni köku (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði eld að sinni köku, supine skarað eld að sinni köku)
  1. (idiomatic) to feather one's own nest, to feather one's nest, to look out for number one Tags: idiomatic, weak Synonyms: skara eld að eigin köku Synonyms (to look out for number one): ota sínum tota Related terms: bera sig eftir björginni
    Sense id: en-skara_eld_að_sinni_köku-is-verb-R8wGfcP1 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header

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