skar

From the root of scare.

• skare

skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

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.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɑˀ]

skar

1. past of skære

skar n (genitive singular skars, nominative plural skör)

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

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

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

skar

1. simple past of skjære

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skar

1. past tense of skjera

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

• skard (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/, /skɑːɽ/

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

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

• IPA^(key): /skɑːr/

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

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)

   Synonym: snart

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

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skar

1. present tense of ska

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• kras, raks, rask

skar

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

skar

1. past indicative of skära

• Rask, arks, kars, rask