scir

See also: šćir, ščir, and ščír

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *skīru.

Alternative forms

• sċiir, sċȳr

Noun

sċīr 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)
   • Laws of King Ine

     Ġif hē ealdormon sie, ðolie his sċire, buton him kyning arian wille

     If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċīr	sċīra, sċīre
accusative	sċīre	sċīra, sċīre
genitive	sċīre	sċīra
dative	sċīre	sċīrum

Derived terms

• scīrġerēfa

Descendants

• Middle English: schire, chire, schere, schyere, schyr, schyre, shere, shiere, shire, shyre, ssire
  • English: shire
    • → Icelandic: skíri
  • Scots: shire

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skīraz, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, bright”).

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

sċīr

1. bright, shining
2. clear, pure

Declension

Declension of sċīr — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīr	sċīr	sċīr
Accusative	sċīrne	sċīre	sċīr
Genitive	sċīres	sċīrre	sċīres
Dative	sċīrum	sċīrre	sċīrum
Instrumental	sċīre	sċīrre	sċīre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīre	sċīra, sċīre	sċīr
Accusative	sċīre	sċīra, sċīre	sċīr
Genitive	sċīrra	sċīrra	sċīrra
Dative	sċīrum	sċīrum	sċīrum
Instrumental	sċīrum	sċīrum	sċīrum

Declension of sċīr — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīra	sċīre	sċīre
Accusative	sċīran	sċīran	sċīre
Genitive	sċīran	sċīran	sċīran
Dative	sċīran	sċīran	sċīran
Instrumental	sċīran	sċīran	sċīran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīran	sċīran	sċīran
Accusative	sċīran	sċīran	sċīran
Genitive	sċīrra, sċīrena	sċīrra, sċīrena	sċīrra, sċīrena
Dative	sċīrum	sċīrum	sċīrum
Instrumental	sċīrum	sċīrum	sċīrum

Descendants

• Middle English: schyre
  • English: shire (obsolete),
  • English: sheer (partly)