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skera

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skera, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Verb

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skera (third person singular past indicative skar, third person plural past indicative skóru, supine skorið)

  1. to cut

Conjugation

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Conjugation of skera (group v-54)
infinitive skera
supine skorið
present past
first singular skeri skar
second singular skert skart
third singular sker skar
plural skera skóru
participle (a26)1 skerandi skorin
imperative
singular sker!
plural skerið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skera, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skar, third-person plural past indicative skáru, supine skorið)

  1. to cut, slice, sever
  2. to chisel
  3. to carve
  4. to intersect
  5. (rare) to guillotine
    Synonyms: hálshöggva, höggva

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Verb

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skera

  1. to cut, shear

Inflection

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Conjugation of skera (strong class 4)
infinitive skera
indicative present past
1st person singular skere skar
2nd person singular skerest, skerst skarest, skarst
3rd person singular skereth, skerth skar
plural skerath skēren
subjunctive present past
singular skere skēre
plural skere, skeren skēre, skēren
imperative present
singular sker
plural skereth
participle present past
skerande eskeren, skeren

Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: schääre, skääre
  • West Frisian: skarre

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skeraną, whence also Old English scieran, Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon sceran, Old High German skeran. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Verb

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skera (singular past indicative skar, plural past indicative skáru, past participle skorinn)

  1. to cut

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skera”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive