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 (group v-54)
infinitive skera
supine skorið
participle (a26)1 skerandi skorin
present past
first singular skeri skar
second singular skert skart
third singular sker skar
plural skera skóru
imperative
singular sker!
plural skerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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

See also

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut).

Verb

skera

  1. to cut, shear

Inflection

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: schääre, skääre
  • West Frisian: skarre

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

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • skera”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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