beskära

From German bescheren or Middle Low German bescheren, from Old High German biskeran and Old Saxon biskeran respectively, equivalent to be- +‎ skära.^[1]

Cognate with Danish beskære, Norwegian Bokmål beskjære, Dutch bescheren, West Frisian beskeare, English beshear, Old Frisian biskera and Yiddish באַשערן (bashern) (See past participle באַשערט (bashert)).

beskära (present beskär, preterite beskärde, supine beskärt, imperative beskär)

1. to give, to donate, to assign, to divide (unto each his part)

Same as etymology 1, by semantic extension.

beskära (present beskär, preterite beskar, supine beskurit, imperative beskär)

1. to crop (an image)
2. to prune (a plant)

• beskärd
• beskärning

• beskära in Svensk ordbok.