skera

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to cut

Conjugation

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛːra/

  Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

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

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (to guillotine): hálshöggva, höggva

Derived terms

• skera út
• skera sig

See also

• sníða

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Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

skera

1. to cut, shear

Inflection

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

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

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

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

1. to cut

Conjugation

Conjugation of skera — active (strong class 4)

infinitive	skera
present participle	skerandi
past participle	skorinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sker	skar
2nd-person singular	skerr	skart
3rd-person singular	skerr	skar
1st-person plural	skerum	skárum
2nd-person plural	skerið	skáruð
3rd-person plural	skera	skáru
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skera	skæra
2nd-person singular	skerir	skærir
3rd-person singular	skeri	skæri
1st-person plural	skerim	skærim
2nd-person plural	skerið	skærið
3rd-person plural	skeri	skæri
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sker
1st-person plural	skerum
2nd-person plural	skerið

Conjugation of skera — mediopassive (strong class 4)

infinitive	skerask
present participle	skerandisk
past participle	skorizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skerumk	skárumk
2nd-person singular	skersk	skarzk
3rd-person singular	skersk	skarsk
1st-person plural	skerumsk	skárumsk
2nd-person plural	skerizk	skáruzk
3rd-person plural	skerask	skárusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skerumk	skærumk
2nd-person singular	skerisk	skærisk
3rd-person singular	skerisk	skærisk
1st-person plural	skerimsk	skærimsk
2nd-person plural	skerizk	skærizk
3rd-person plural	skerisk	skærisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skersk
1st-person plural	skerumsk
2nd-person plural	skerizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: skera
• Faroese: skera
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjære
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjere, skjera
• Old Swedish: skæra, skiæra
  • Swedish: skära
• Danish: skære

References

• “skera”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press