Old English

Noun

scīr f

1. office (status of an official)
2. district (under an official or governor)
3. administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)

Declension

Derived terms

• scīrġerēfa

Descendants

• English: shire

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skīraz. Cognate with Old Frisian skire, Old Saxon skīr, Dutch schier ‎(“white, grey”), German schier ‎(“pure”)), Old Norse skírr (Swedish skir), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 ‎(skeirs) Related to scinan.

Adjective

scīr

1. bright, shining
2. clear, pure