skære

• IPA^(key): /skɛːrə/, [ˈsɡ̊ɛːɐ]

From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), cognate with Swedish skära, English shear, German scheren.

skære (past tense skar, past participle skåret, attributive common skåren, attributive definite or plural skårne)

1. cut (to make a cut with a knife or a sword)

• “skære” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “skære,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Derived from the adjective or noun skær.

skære (past tense skærede, past participle skæret)

1. (obsolete) to shine
   • 1934, Marie Bregendahl, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru, repr. 2017 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=uCskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT468

     Jo, ser du, det var blevet ud paa Natten, jeg antager, Klokken var omkring to, for det begyndte at skære af Morgen.

     Well, you see, it was late night, I suppose, around 2 o'clock, for it was starting to shine like morning.

• skærende

• “skære,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skære

1. definite singular of skær
2. plural of skær