skir

See also: skír

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skírr.

Noun

skir

Alternative form of skyr

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skíra.

Verb

skir

Alternative form of skyren

Swedish

Etymology

Common Germanic word.

Adjective

skir (comparative skirare, superlative skirast)

sheer (thin and delicate (and often more or less transparent), like gauze or gossamer)
1. wispy (of a cloud)
(figuratively) delicate, ethereal, etc.
(higher register, especially of (light from) a celestial body) clear, shining

Declension

Inflection of **skir**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	skir	skirare	skirast
neuter singular	skirt	skirare	skirast
plural	skira	skirare	skirast
masculine plural²	skire	skirare	skirast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	skire	skirare	skiraste
all	skira	skirare	skiraste

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.

Noun

skir n

sheer (sheer fabric)
(higher register) something sheer, veil-like substance (more generally, for example haze or wispy clouds)

Declension

Declension of **skir**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skir	skirs
singular	definite	skiret	skirets
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

References

Yola

Etymology

A verbal form derived from skee. Cognate with English sky (“to throw a ball extremely high”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skiː/

Verb

skir

To rise in the air.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
  Th' commanès t'rapple; th' ball skir an vlee;
  The ball-clubs they rattled; the ball rose and flew;

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 68