skare

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑː.rə/, [skɑːɾə]

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skare (plural skares)

1. crowd

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

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

skare

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

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

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

1. a host, crowd

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

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

• This is a split infinitive verb.

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

• skjera, skjere (“to cut”)

Related to skjera (“to cut”).

• skårrå (dialectal)

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

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

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

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

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

• “skare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

skare c

1. a hard, icy surface on a snow cover

• skare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• -erska, ekars, raske, saker