scir

See also: ščir

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skīrō, *skīzō. Cognate with Old High German scīra and Old English scīran (“to get rid of, distinguish”).

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
Declension of scir (strong ō-stem)
Case 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. 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
Descendants
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