skör

See also: skor, skór, skør, and S. Kor.

Icelandic

Noun

skör f (genitive singular skarar, nominative plural skarir)

  1. an edge syn.
  2. a ship's side syn.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • láta til skarar skríða (confer hefjast handa)
  • loftskör
  • þykja skörin vera farin að færast upp í bekkinn, þykja skörin vera farin að færa sig upp í bekkinn
  • sitja skör hærra
  • sitja skör lægra
  • tjaldskör
  • torfuskör (confer hnakki)
  • um skör fram, fyrir skör fram úr hófi
  • láta ganga af skörum
  • gera skör sína eftir
  • skríða með skörunum

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skør, skyr.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

skör (comparative skörare, superlative skörast)

  1. frail, brittle, fragile, weak
  2. (obsolete) weak in moral, immoral, light-minded, frivolous, unchaste, whorish

Declension
Inflection of skör
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skör skörare skörast
Neuter singular skört skörare skörast
Plural sköra skörare skörast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sköre skörare sköraste
All sköra skörare sköraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

References
  • skör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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