scir

scir

See also: ščir

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skīrō, *skīzō. Cognate with Old High German scīra and Old English scīran (“to get rid of, distinguish”).

Noun

sċīr f

1. office (status of an official)
2. district (under an official or governor)
3. administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)

Declension

Declension of scir (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċīr	sċīra, sċīre
accusative	sċīre	sċīra, sċīre
genitive	sċīre	sċīra
dative	sċīre	sċīrum

Derived terms

• scīrġerēfa

Descendants

• Middle English: shire, shiere, chire, ssire, schire, schyre
  • Scots: shire
  • English: shire
    • → Icelandic: skíri

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skīraz. Cognate with Old Frisian skire, Old Saxon skīr, Dutch schier (“white, grey”), German schier (“pure”)), Old Norse skírr (Swedish skir), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs) Related to scinan.

Adjective

sċīr

1. bright, shining
2. clear, pure

Descendants

• Middle English: schyre
  • English: shire (obsolete)