scear

English

Noun

scear (plural scears)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sear
    • F, the scear, on the projecting branch of which the trigger acts
      Encylopedia Britannica, 1856

Old English

Etymology 1

From earlier *sċǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *skāri, from Proto-Germanic *skēriz. Related to Old High German skāra (“shears, tonsure”), West Frisian skjirre, Dutch schaar, German Schere, Icelandic skæri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃæ͜ɑːr/

Noun

sċēar f

  1. scissors, shears
Usage notes
  • This word is generally used in the plural, as in modern English scissors, shears.
Declension
Declension of scear (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċēar sċēare, sċēara
accusative sċēar, sċēare sċēare, sċēara
genitive sċēare sċēara
dative sċēare sċēarum
Descendants
  • Middle English: shere, schere, shyre, chere, sheer
    • English: shear
    • Scots: shear
    • Yola: sheare

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *skar, from Proto-Germanic *skarą, *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence also Old High German skaro and skara (“ploughshare”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃæ͜ɑr/

Noun

sċear n

  1. plowshare
Descendants
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