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skör

skör

See also: skor, skór, and S. Kor.

Icelandic

Noun

skör f ‎(genitive singular skarar, nominative plural skarir)

an edge ^syn.
a ship's side ^syn.

Synonyms

(edge):^def. rönd, brún, kantur
(ship's side):^def. súð

Derived terms

láta til skarar skríða (confer hefjast handa)
loftskör
þykja skörin vera farin að færast upp í bekkinn, þykja skörin vera farin að færa sig upp í bekkinn
sitja skör hærra
sitja skör lægra
tjaldskör
torfuskör (confer hnakki)
um skör fram, fyrir skör fram úr hófi
láta ganga af skörum
gera skör sína eftir
skríða með skörunum

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skør, skyr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

skör (comparative skörare, superlative skörast)

frail, brittle, fragile, weak
(obsolete) weak in moral, immoral, light-minded, frivolous, unchaste, whorish

Declension

Inflection of skör
Indefinite/attributive	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	skör	skörare	skörast
Neuter singular	skört	skörare	skörast
Plural	sköra	skörare	skörast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	sköre	skörare	sköraste
All	sköra	skörare	sköraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

skörhet
skörlevnad

References

skör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)