skari

See also: skári and skȃri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

skari m (genitive singular skara, nominative plural skarar)

1. crowd, host

Declension

declension of skari

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skari	skarinn	skarar	skararnir
accusative	skara	skarann	skara	skarana
dative	skara	skaranum	skörum	skörunum
genitive	skara	skarans	skara	skaranna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skari

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of skar

Anagrams

• skira

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German schāre, from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Doublet of skǫr f. Akin to English share.

Noun

skari m (genitive skara)

1. host, troop

Declension

  Declension of skari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skari	skarinn	skarar	skararnir
accusative	skara	skarann	skara	skarana
dative	skara	skaranum	skǫrum	skǫrunum
genitive	skara	skarans	skara	skaranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skare
• Norwegian Bokmål: skare
• Danish: skare
• Swedish: skara

References

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