See also: Skara, skära, and skåra

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skara (to rake, scrape), related to skera (to cut).

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skara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði, supine skarað)

  1. (of a fire) to poke or stoking
    Skara í eldinn.
    To poke the fire.
    To stoke the fire.

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Noun

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skara

  1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of skari
  2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of skari

Lithuanian

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Noun

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skarà f (plural skãros) stress pattern 4

  1. scarf, shawl

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References

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  • “skara” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse skara.

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skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

  1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
  2. (intransitive) to congregate, walk together
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to gather and drop ashes upon embers
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  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 2

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From skar (snuff of a candle).

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skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

  1. to remove the snuff (i.e. the burnt part) of the wick
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  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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skara

  1. (transitive) to poke, rake
  2. (transitive) to cover closely
    skip skarat skǫldum
    a ship set with shields from stem to stern
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: skara
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skara, skare (e-infinitive)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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skara

  1. accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite of skari m
  2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite of skari m

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skǫr, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (division, portion).

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Noun

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skara c

  1. a group of people (physically or more abstractly together)
    en stor skara journalister
    a crowd of journalists

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Declension of skara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skara skaran skaror skarorna
Genitive skaras skarans skarors skarornas

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