scieran

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeran, from Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon sceran (Dutch scheren), Old High German skeran (German scheren), Old Norse skera (Swedish skära). The PIE root is also the source of Ancient Greek κείρω (keirō), “‘I cut off’”), Latin caro ‘flesh’, Lithuanian skìrti ‘separate’, Old Irish scaraim ‘separate’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃieran/

[edit] Verb

scieran (class IV strong: 3 singular present scierþ, 3 singular preterite scear, preterite plural scēaron, past participle scoren)

1. to cut, shear

[edit] Descendants

• English: shear