scur
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
scur (plural scurs)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare scour (“to run”).
Verb edit
scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)
- (intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.
- 1843, George Henry Borrow, The Bible in Spain:
- Here he whistled , and the animal , who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels , instantly returned with a gentle neigh
References edit
- “scur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably ultimately from Latin obscūrus, perhaps through the intermediate of Italian scuro.
Adjective edit
scur m (feminine scurã, plural scuri, feminine plural scuri or scure)
- dark brown (usually of hair)
- (figuratively) sombre
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian scuro, from Latin obscurus.
Adjective edit
scur
Middle English edit
Noun edit
scur
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of schour
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr, from Proto-Indo-European *kew-(e)ro-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sċūr m or f
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old Saxon skūr, Old English scūr, Old Norse skúr.
Noun edit
scūr m
Declension edit
Declension of scūr (masculine i-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | scūr | scūri |
accusative | scūr | scūri |
genitive | scūres | scūro |
dative | scūre | scūrim, scūren |
instrumental | scūru | — |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter”).
Noun edit
scūr m