skjære

skjære

1. definite singular of skjær
2. plural form of skjær

A variant of Old Norse skjór

skjære f or m (definite singular skjæra or skjæren, indefinite plural skjærer, definite plural skjærene)

1. the European magpie (Pica pica)

• skjor (Nynorsk)

From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Danish skære, Swedish skära, Faroese and Icelandic skera, Old English scieran, English shear, and Dutch and German scheren.

skjære (imperative skjær, present tense skjærer, passive skjæres, simple past skar, past participle skåret, present participle skjærende)

1. To cut with a knife or a similar tool, to slice

   Skjære opp brødskiver - to cut slices from a loaf of bread

2. To cut with a sharp-edged instrument

   Hun skar seg i fingeren - She cut her finger

3. To gnash

   Han skar tenner av sinne - He gnashed his teeth in fury

4. To penetrate, carve, cut through

   Båten skar seg fram i bølgene - The boat pushed ("carved") it's way through the waves

5. To intersect

   De to linjene skjærer hverandre - The two lines are crossing each other

6. To pierce

   Det skar et skrik gjennom stillheten - A scream pierced the silence

   Han ga fra seg et skjærende skrik - He emitted a piercing scream

7. To swerve, sheer

   Bilen skar ut av veien - The car swerved off the road

8. As a reflexive verb: Fail to work, fall apart

   Motoren skar seg - The engine stopped

• skjera, skjere (Nynorsk)

• “skjære” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

skjære (present tense skjær, past tense skar, past participle skore, passive infinitive skjærast, present participle skjærande, imperative skjær)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by skjera