skari

See also: skári and skȃri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

skari m (genitive singular skara, nominative plural skarar)

  1. crowd, host

Declension

Declension of skari (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skari skarinn skarar skararnir
accusative skara skarann skara skarana
dative skara skaranum skörum skörunum
genitive skara skarans skara skaranna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skari n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of skar

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German schāre,[1] from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Doublet of skǫr f. Akin to English share.

Noun

skari m (genitive skara)

  1. host, troop

Declension

Declension of skari (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skari skarinn skarar skararnir
accusative skara skarann skara skarana
dative skara skaranum skǫrum skǫrunum
genitive skara skarans skara skaranna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skare
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skare
  • Danish: skare
  • Swedish: skara

References

  1. ^ Cf. “skare_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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