scir

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See also: šćir, ščir, and ščír

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *skīru.

Alternative forms

Noun

sċīr f

  1. office (status of an official)
  2. district (under an official or governor)
  3. administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċīr sċīra, sċīre
accusative sċīre sċīra, sċīre
genitive sċīre sċīra
dative sċīre sċīrum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skīraz, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, bright”).

Cognate with Old Frisian skire, Old Saxon skīr, Dutch schier (“white, grey”), German schier (“pure”)), Old Norse skírr (Swedish skir), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs) Related to scinan.

Adjective

sċīr

  1. bright, shining
  2. clear, pure
Declension
Declension of sċīr — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sċīr sċīr sċīr
Accusative sċīrne sċīre sċīr
Genitive sċīres sċīrre sċīres
Dative sċīrum sċīrre sċīrum
Instrumental sċīre sċīrre sċīre
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sċīre sċīra, sċīre sċīr
Accusative sċīre sċīra, sċīre sċīr
Genitive sċīrra sċīrra sċīrra
Dative sċīrum sċīrum sċīrum
Instrumental sċīrum sċīrum sċīrum
Declension of sċīr — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sċīra sċīre sċīre
Accusative sċīran sċīran sċīre
Genitive sċīran sċīran sċīran
Dative sċīran sċīran sċīran
Instrumental sċīran sċīran sċīran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sċīran sċīran sċīran
Accusative sċīran sċīran sċīran
Genitive sċīrra, sċīrena sċīrra, sċīrena sċīrra, sċīrena
Dative sċīrum sċīrum sċīrum
Instrumental sċīrum sċīrum sċīrum
Descendants
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