skar

See also: skár, skär, skår, skær, and skär-

English

Alternative forms

• skare

Etymology

From the root of scare.

Adjective

skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for skar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɑˀ]

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skære

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Icelandic

Noun

skar n (genitive singular skars, nominative plural skör)

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)
2. old, feeble person

Declension

declension of skar

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skar	skarið	skör	skörin
accusative	skar	skarið	skör	skörin
dative	skari	skarinu	skörum	skörunum
genitive	skars	skarsins	skara	skaranna

Further reading

• “skar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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Latvian

Verb

skar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of skart
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of skart
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of skart
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of skart
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of skart
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of skart

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skar

1. simple past of skjære

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skjera

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Cognates include English shard.

Alternative forms

• skard (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/, /skɑːɽ/

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. a mountain pass; a navigable ravine

   Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass

2. a shard
3. a notch, chink, gap

Etymology 3

skar (Etymology 3) på ei veike

From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)

   Synonym: snart

Etymology 4

From Old Norse skǫr f, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Related to skjera (“to cut”). Cognates include English share.

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

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Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

skar

1. present tense of ska

References

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kras, raks, rask

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Old Norse

Verb

skar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera

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Swedish

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skära.

Anagrams

• Rask, arks, kars, rask