skjere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʃɛːrə/, /²sçɛːrə/

Etymology 1

Related to verb skjera, compare Swedish skära f (“sickle”). First attested by Jacob Laugesen Bork (1698) probably in Innherad dialect and by Hans Jørgen Helsinge (1744) in Skaun dialect, both spelling it as skiuru, representing the vowel balance law found in some Norwegian dialects.

Alternative forms

Noun

skjere f (definite singular skjera, indefinite plural skjerer, definite plural skjerene)

  1. a sickle
    Synonym: sigd

Etymology 2

Verb

skjere (present tense skjer, past tense skar, supine skore, past participle skoren, present participle skjerande, imperative skjer)

  1. e-infinitive form of skjera

References

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