sker

== Danish == === Verb === sker present of ske == Faroese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ʃeːr] ==== Noun ==== sker n (genitive singular skers, plural sker) (nautical, geography) skerry, reef ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sker third-person singular present of skera imperative of skera === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sker third-person singular present of ske == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /scɛːr/ Rhymes: -ɛːr === Noun === sker n (genitive singular skers, nominative plural sker) reef, rock, skerry ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === skere === Etymology === From skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to avoid, shun, shrink from, frighten”). === Noun === sker (plural skers) Terror, fright. === References === "sker, adj." in the Middle English Dictionary (MED), Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2019. "scare" in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *skarją. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). ==== Noun ==== sker n (genitive plural skerja) rock in the sea, skerry ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Danish: skær Icelandic: sker Faroese: sker Norwegian Nynorsk: skjer Norwegian Bokmål: skjær Swedish: skär → Old Northern French: esquet, équet → Scots: skerry → English: skerry→ Welsh: sgeri → Russian: шхера (šxera) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sker inflection of skera: first-person singular present indicative active second-person singular imperative active === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sker”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Dutch scheuren. === Verb === sker to rip == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch scheren (“to shave”). === Verb === sker to shave === Adjective === sker In marble games, having lost and being unable to pay marbles due to having ran out of marbles completely. ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: skeer == Swedish == === Verb === sker present indicative of ske === Anagrams === reks