sceard

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *skardą, participle form of *skar- (“shear”). Cognate with Old Saxon skard, Old High German scart, Old Norse skarðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃæ͜ɑrd/, [ʃæ͜ɑrˠd] Rhymes: -æ͜ɑrd === Adjective === sċeard notched, chipped, broken gashed, cut, lacerated Laws of King Æþelberht ==== Declension ==== === Noun === sċeard n notch, gap shard, sherd ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: scherd, scheard, scheord, scherde, shard, sherd, sherde, schord, schoord, sord, soorde (East Anglia)English: shard, sherdMiddle Scots: schaird, shairdScots: shairdShetland: shaarYola: sheardhe, sheardh, shearde, sharde === References === Shard and Sherd, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition