skur

From Old Norse skúr.

skur c (singular definite skuren, plural indefinite skure)

1. (obsolete) a shower (e.g. of hail, rain)

   Synonym: byge

• regnskur
• haglskur

From Old Swedish skur, from Middle Low German schur, same word as Old Norse skúrr. Related to skjul.

skur n (singular definite skuret, plural indefinite skure)

1. a shed

   Synonym: udhus

   1. (by extension, humorous or derogatory) a primitive or dilapidated house; a shack

• “skur” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “skur” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from Sicilian scuru, from Latin obscurus.

• IPA^(key): /skuːr/

skur (feminine singular skura, plural skuri)

1. dark (not bright, especially in colour)

   Synonym: (especially through absence of light) mudlam

   • Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

     Fis-sajf il-għolja
     libset il-libsa skura
     tal-ħaxix niexef.

     In summer the hill
     put on the brown frock
     of the fried grass.

From Old Norse skúrr.

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura or skurene)

1. a shed
   • 2014, David Peace, Rød eller død‎^[1], Forlaget Press, →ISBN:

     Bill gikk bort til skuret. Det lille redskapsskuret deres. Bill gikk inn i skuret. Bill fant frem gressklipperen. Den røde håndgressklipperen av merket Shanks.

     Bill went off to the shed. The little tool shed of theirs. Bill went into the shed. Bill found the lawnmower. The red hand lawnmower of the make Shanks.

• busskur, buss-skur
• redskapsskur

From Old Norse skúr.

skur f or m (definite singular skura or skuren, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (e.g. of hail, rain, stones, meteorites)

• regnskur

• “skur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skur_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “skur_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/

Inherited from Old Norse skúrr, probably from Middle Low German schūr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura)

1. a shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)
   • 1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:

     I kveldingi set eg stigen burt og hengjer laupen frå meg i skuret.

     At dusk, I put away the ladder and hang my box in the shed.

• busskur, buss-skur

Inherited from Old Norse skúr f, from earlier skúr m, a borrowing from Middle Low German schūr. Akin to English shower.

skur f (definite singular skura, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (a brief fall of rain or hail)

• regnskur

skur

1. imperative of skura

• “skur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English school.

• IPA^(key): /skur/

skur 

1. school

From Old Swedish, from Old Norse skúr, borrowed from Middle Low German schūr; cognate with Icelandic skúr, German Schauer, Dutch schoer, and English shower, Old English sċūr, possibly relating to Latin caurus (“north-west wind”).

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

skur c

1. a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)
2. (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain

• skura

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

• kurs