skar

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

English

Etymology 1

From the root of scare.

Alternative forms

• skare

Adjective

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɑˀ]

Verb

skar

1. past of skære

Icelandic

Noun

skar n (genitive singular skars, nominative plural skör)

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

Further reading

• “skar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Latvian

Verb

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

Verb

skar

1. simple past of skjære

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skjera

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Cognates include English shard.

Alternative forms

• skard (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/, /skɑːɽ/

Noun

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

skar (Etymology 3) på ei veike

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/

Noun

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

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

Noun

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

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Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

skar

1. present tense of ska

References

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kras, raks, rask

Old Norse

Verb

skar

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

Swedish

Verb

skar

1. past indicative of skära

Anagrams

• Rask, arks, kars, rask