skære

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See also: skare, skäre, skåre, and škare

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skɛːrə/, [ˈsɡ̊ɛːɐ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse skera (to cut), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (to shear), cognate with Swedish skära, English shear, German scheren.

Verb[edit]

skære (past tense skar, past participle skåret, attributive common skåren, attributive definite or plural skårne)

  1. cut (to make a cut with a knife or a sword)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from the adjective or noun skær.

Verb[edit]

skære (past tense skærede, past participle skæret)

  1. (obsolete) to shine
    • 1934, Marie Bregendahl, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru, repr. 2017 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=uCskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT468
      Jo, ser du, det var blevet ud paa Natten, jeg antager, Klokken var omkring to, for det begyndte at skære af Morgen.
      Well, you see, it was late night, I suppose, around 2 o'clock, for it was starting to shine like morning.
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Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

skære

  1. definite singular of skær
  2. plural of skær