skue

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

skue (third-person singular simple present skues, present participle skuing, simple past and past participle skued)

  1. Obsolete form of skew.

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse skoða, Proto-Germanic *skuþōn, influenced by schauen.

Verb[edit]

skue (imperative sku, infinitive at skue, present tense skuer, past tense skuede, perfect tense har skuet)

  1. to see, behold
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of skue
Active Passive
Infinitive skue skues
Present tense skuer skues
Past tense skuede skuedes
Imperative sku -
Participle
Present skuende
Past skuet
Gerund skuen
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Etymology 2[edit]

A loan from German Schau, modelled in form after the verb sense.

Noun[edit]

skue n (singular definite skuet, plural indefinite skuer)

  1. sight, spectacle
  2. livestock show (shortened form of dyrskue)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of skue
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skue skuet skuer skuerne
genitive skues skuets skuers skuernes
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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

skue

  1. Alternative form of skew (“sky”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skoða, the noun is after German Schau and the verb is influenced by schauen.

Noun[edit]

skue n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skua or skuene)

  1. appearance, sight, spectacle, view

Verb[edit]

skue (imperative sku, present tense skuer, passive skues, simple past and past participle skua or skuet, present participle skuende)

  1. to behold, see, look, view

Usage notes[edit]

Sometimes confused with skru or skrue (verb).

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