Faroese

Verb

skera ‎(third person singular past indicative skar, third person plural past indicative skóru, supine skorið)

1. to cut

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skera, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛːra/

  Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

skera ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skar, third-person plural past indicative skáru, supine skorið)

1. to cut, slice, sever
2. to chisel
3. to carve
4. to intersect
5. (rare) to guillotine

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (to guillotine): hálshöggva, höggva

Derived terms

• skera út
• skera sig

See also

• sníða

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeraną, whence also Old English scieran, Old Saxon sceran, Old High German skeran, Old Norse skera. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“to cut”).

Verb

skera

1. to cut, shear

Conjugation

Descendants

• West Frisian: skarre, skeare

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeraną, whence also Old English scieran, Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon sceran, Old High German skeran. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“to cut”).

Verb

skera ‎(singular past indicative skar, plural past indicative skáru, past participle skorinn)

1. to cut

Descendants

References

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