skör

See also: skor, skór, skør, and S. Kor.

Icelandic

Etymology

From or related to Old Norse sker (“rock in the sea”). See also Swedish skär (“edge, skerry”), Danish skær, English shore.

Noun

skör f (genitive singular skarar, nominative plural skarir)

1. an edge

   Synonyms: rönd, brún, kantur

2. a ship's side

   Synonym: súð

Declension

Declension of skör (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skör	skörin	skarir	skarirnar
accusative	skör	skörina	skarir	skarirnar
dative	skör	skörinni	skörum	skörunum
genitive	skarar	skararinnar	skara	skaranna

Derived terms

• láta til skarar skríða (compare 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

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “skör”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skør, skyr, from Low German schör (“weak, fragile”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, derived from the verb *skeraną (“to cut”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skjør.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

skör (comparative skörare, superlative skörast)

1. brittle, fragile

   sköra ben

   brittle bones

2. frail

   sköra äldre

   frail elderly people

3. (obsolete) sexually immoral (from notion of easily giving in to temptation), lecherous, wanton, unchaste

Declension

Inflection of skör

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	skör	skörare	skörast
neuter singular	skört	skörare	skörast
plural	sköra	skörare	skörast
masculine plural2	sköre	skörare	skörast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sköre	skörare	sköraste
all	sköra	skörare	sköraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• skörhet
• skörlevnad

See also

• spröd

References

• skör in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skör in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skör in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• körs, röks