skera

From Old Norse skera, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skera (third person singular past indicative skar, third person plural past indicative skóru, supine skorið)

1. to cut

From Old Norse skera, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛːra/

  Rhymes: -ɛːra

skera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skar, third-person plural past indicative skáru, supine skorið)

1. to cut, slice, sever
2. to chisel
3. to carve
4. to intersect
5. (rare) to guillotine

   Synonyms: hálshöggva, höggva

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• skera út
• skera sig

• sníða

From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skera

1. to cut, shear

• Saterland Frisian: schääre, skääre
• West Frisian: skarre

From Proto-Germanic *skeraną, whence also Old English scieran, Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon sceran, Old High German skeran. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skera (singular past indicative skar, plural past indicative skáru, past participle skorinn)

1. to cut

• Icelandic: skera
• Faroese: skera
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjera
• Old Swedish: skæra, skiæra
  • Swedish: skära
• Danish: skære
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjære

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skera”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive