different between skare vs skart

English

Adjective

skare (comparative more skare, superlative most skare)

1. Alternative form of skar

Anagrams

• Akers, Kaser, Kears, Rakes, akers, asker, eskar, kesar, rakes, reaks, reask, saker, skear

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schare, from Middle Dutch schare, from Old Dutch skara, from Proto-Germanic *skar?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk??.r?/, [sk????]

Noun

skare (plural skares)

1. crowd

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skar?.

Noun

skare

1. a host, a crowd; a large number of people

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skari, from Middle Low German sch?re, from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-Germanic *skar?. Akin to English share. Doublet of skar (Etymology 4).

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a host, crowd

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skar)

1. (intransitive) to crowd
2. (intransitive) to go, walk, march together as a crowd

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Related terms

• skjera, skjere (“to cut”)

Etymology 2

Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a hard and rough crust as top layer of snow
2. (uncountable) snow with such a crust

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skara, from sk?r f whence modern Norwegian Nynorsk skar n (Etymology 4).

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skar)

1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
2. (transitive, intransitive) to dig in, gather and drop ashes upon the embers in a fireplace

References

• “skare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -erska, karse, kresa, raske, rekas, saker

Swedish

Noun

skare c

1. a hard, icy surface on a snow cover

Declension

Anagrams

• -erska, ekars, raske, saker

English

Etymology

Compare scarf (“a cormorant”).

Noun

skart (plural skarts)

1. (Britain, dialect) A bird, the shag.

Anagrams

• Karst, Stark, Trask, karst, karts, stark

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skar?t/
• Rhymes: -ar?t

Noun

skart n (genitive singular skarts, no plural)

1. ornaments, decorations, finery

   Synonyms: skraut, stáss

2. fine clothes, Sunday best

   Synonym: spariföt

Declension

Derived terms

• skartgripur (“item of jewellery”)

Latvian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

skart (tr., 1st conj., pres. skaru, skar, skar, past sk?ru)

1. to touch
2. to affect
3. to concern

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

skart n

1. show, finery

Declension

Related terms

• skarta

Descendants

• Icelandic: skart

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

skart

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of skarðr

Verb

skart

1. second-person singular past indicative active of skera

References

• skart in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press