schire

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċīr (“shire”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīru. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Southeastern forms with /eː/ may be from the collateral Old English form sċȳr (with the local development of Old English /yː/ to /eː/).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːr(ə)/, (Southeastern) /ˈʃeːr(ə)/

Noun

schire (plural schires or schiren)

  1. An administrative division or region:
    1. One of the counties of England or elsewhere in the British Isles; a shire.
    2. The people of such a region.
    3. (law) The shire court or one of its sessions.
Descendants
  • English: shire
    • → Icelandic: skíri
  • Scots: shire
References

Etymology 2

Adjective

schire

  1. Alternative form of schyre (“bright”)
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