skære
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), cognate with Swedish skära, English shear, German scheren.
Verb edit
skære (past tense skar, past participle skåret, attributive common skåren, attributive definite or plural skårne)
- cut (to make a cut with a knife or a sword)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of skære
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
Derived from the adjective or noun skær.
Verb edit
skære (past tense skærede, past participle skæret)
- (obsolete) to shine
- 1934, Marie Bregendahl, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru, repr. 2017 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=uCskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT468
- Jo, ser du, det var blevet ud paa Natten, jeg antager, Klokken var omkring to, for det begyndte at skære af Morgen.
- Well, you see, it was late night, I suppose, around 2 o'clock, for it was starting to shine like morning.
- 1934, Marie Bregendahl, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru, repr. 2017 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=uCskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT468
Conjugation edit
Inflection of skære
Derived terms edit
References edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
skære