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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic skera, Swedish skära, Danish skære, Old English scieran, English shear, and Dutch and German scheren.
Pronunciation
Verb
skjera (present tense skjer, past tense skar, supine skore, past participle skoren, present participle skjerande, imperative skjer)
- to cut
Han skar av tauet med kniven.- He cut the rope with his knife.
- to cross (meet), intersect
Desse linene er parallelle og skjer kvarandre aldri.- These lines are parallel and never cross each other.
- to carve
Usage notes
- This is a split infinitive verb.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
skjera n
- definite plural of skjer
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