skar

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See also: skár, skär, skår, skær, and skär-

English

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Etymology 1

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From the root of scare.

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Adjective

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skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for skar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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skar (plural skars)

  1. (historical) A Tibetan unit of weight, equivalent to one hundredth of a srang.
  2. (historical) A Tibetan monetary unit used in the first half of the 20th century.

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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skar

  1. past of skære

Icelandic

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Noun

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skar n (genitive singular skars, nominative plural skör)

  1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)
  2. old, feeble person

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Latvian

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Verb

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skar

  1. inflection of skart:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of skart
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of skart

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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skar

  1. simple past of skjære

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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skar

  1. past tense of skjera

Etymology 2

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Cognates include English shard.

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  • skard (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skɑːr/, /skɑːɽ/

Noun

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skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

  1. a mountain pass; a navigable ravine
    Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass
  2. a shard
  3. a notch, chink, gap

Etymology 3

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skar (Etymology 3) på ei veike

From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (to cut).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

  1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)
    Synonym: snart

Etymology 4

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From Old Norse skǫr f, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Related to skjera (to cut). Cognates include English share.

Noun

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skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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skar

  1. present tense of ska

References

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Old Norse

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Verb

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skar

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera

Swedish

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Verb

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skar

  1. past indicative of skära

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