skera

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

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infinitive	skera
present participle	skerandi
past participle a26	skorin
supine	skorið
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	skeri	skert	sker	skera
past	skar	skart	skar	skóru
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	sker!	—	skerið!

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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

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