skingra

Inherited from Old Swedish skingra, further origin disputed.

skingra (present skingrar, preterite skingrade, supine skingrat, imperative skingra)

1. to disperse, to scatter (cause to spread out (and disappear))

   skingra en folksamling

   disperse a crowd

2. (passive voice or reflexive) to disperse, to scatter (spread out (and disappear))

   Demonstranterna skingrades / skingrade sig

   The protesters dispersed (themselves – "Demonstranterna skingrade" instead means they were dispersing something else)

   1. to part (of clouds or the like – "part the sea" would be "dela havet" instead)

      Molnen skingrades / skingrade sig

      The clouds parted [dispersed]

3. (figuratively) to dispel, to dissipate, etc.

   Hon skingrade mina tvivel

   She dispelled by doubts

• förskingra

• skingras för vinden (“scatter to the wind”)
• skingras som agnar för vinden (“scatter to the wind, scatter to the four winds”)

• skingra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skingras in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skingra sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skingra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skingra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skingra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)