skör
Icelandic
Etymology
From or related to Old Norse sker (“rock in the sea”). See also Swedish skär (“edge, skerry”), Danish skær, English shore.[1]
Derived terms
- láta til skarar skríða (compare hefjast handa)
- loftskör
- þykja skörin vera farin að færast upp í bekkinn, þykja skörin vera farin að færa sig upp í bekkinn
- sitja skör hærra
- sitja skör lægra
- tjaldskör
- torfuskör (confer hnakki)
- um skör fram, fyrir skör fram úr hófi
- láta ganga af skörum
- gera skör sína eftir
- skríða með skörunum
References
- “skör”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skør, skyr, from Low German schör (“weak, fragile”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, derived from the verb *skeraną (“to cut”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skjør.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Declension
Inflection of skör | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skör | skörare | skörast |
Neuter singular | skört | skörare | skörast |
Plural | sköra | skörare | skörast |
Masculine plural3 | sköre | skörare | skörast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sköre | skörare | sköraste |
All | sköra | skörare | sköraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
See also
References
- skör in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skör in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skör in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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