skara

From Old Norse skara (“to rake, scrape”), related to skera (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːra/
• Rhymes: -aːra

skara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði, supine skarað)

1. (of a fire) to poke or stoking

   Skara í eldinn.

   To poke the fire.

   To stoke the fire.

• skara fram úr
• skara eld að sinni köku/skara eld að eigin köku
• skarast

skara

1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of skari
2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of skari

• IPA^(key): [s̪kɐˈrɐ]

skarà f (plural skãros) stress pattern 4

1. scarf, shawl

• “skara” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

skara n

1. definite plural of skar

From Old Norse skara.

• skare (e-infinitive)

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
2. (intransitive) to congregate, walk together
3. (transitive, intransitive) to gather and drop ashes upon embers

• This is a split infinitive verb.

From skar (“snuff of a candle”).

• skare (e-infinitive)

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

1. to remove the snuff (i.e. the burnt part) of the wick

• This is a split infinitive verb.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skara n

1. definite plural of skar

• “skara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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skara

1. (transitive) to poke, rake
2. (transitive) to cover closely

   skip skarat skǫldum

   a ship set with shields from stem to stern

• Icelandic: skara
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skara, skare (e-infinitive)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skara

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite of skari m
2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite of skari m

• “skara”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse skǫr, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“division, portion”).

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skara c

1. a group of people (physically or more abstractly together)

   en stor skara journalister

   a crowd of journalists

• skara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• askar, kasar, rakas, raska, sakar