skjera

From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic skera, Swedish skära, Danish skære, Old English scieran, English shear, and Dutch and German scheren.

• skjere (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²ʃɛːra/, /²sçɛːra/

skjera (present tense skjer, past tense skar, supine skore, past participle skoren, present participle skjerande, imperative skjer)

1. to cut

   Han skar av tauet med kniven.

   He cut the rope with his knife.

2. to cross (meet), intersect

   Desse linene er parallelle og skjer kvarandre aldri.

   These lines are parallel and never cross each other.

3. to carve

• This is a split infinitive verb.

• skjering

• skard
• skjerd
• skore
• skor

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛːra/, /ˈsçɛːra/

skjera n

1. definite plural of skjer

• “skjera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.