skairen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• skayren

Etymology

From Old Norse *sköyra. Cognate with Old Danish sköre. Also, possibly cognate with Old Norse skera (“to cut, to shear”), as they share a similar root.

Verb

skairen

1. To scatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of skairen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) skairen, skaire
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	skaire	skaired
2nd-person singular	skairest	skairedest
3rd-person singular	skaireth	skaired
subjunctive singular	skaire
imperative singular		—
plural1	skairen, skaire	skaireden, skairede
imperative plural	skaireth, skaire	—
participles	skairynge, skairende	skaired, yskaired

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• toskairen

Descendants

• English: skair

References

• “skairen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.