See also: skare, skäre, skåre, and škare

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skɛːrə/, [ˈsɡ̊ɛːɐ]

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)

  1. cut (to make a cut with a knife or a sword)
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Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the adjective or noun skær.

Verb edit

skære (past tense skærede, past participle skæret)

  1. (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.
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Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

skære

  1. definite singular of skær
  2. plural of skær