different between skarn vs skar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (“skarn, filth”), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarn?.

Noun

skarn (plural skarns)

1. (geology) Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.

Derived terms

• endoskarn
• exoskarn
• skarnic
• skarnoid

Anagrams

• ARNKs, Karns, Kršan, K???a, Snark, karns, knars, krans, narks, ranks, snark

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (“skarn, filth”), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarn?.

Noun

skarn n (genitive singular skarns, uncountable)

1. (medicine) stool, feces

Declension

Synonyms

• lortur
• mykja
• trekkur, mannatrekkur

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (“skarn, filth”), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarn?.

Noun

skarn

1. skarn
2. rubbish, loss

English

Alternative forms

• skare

Etymology

From the root of scare.

Adjective

skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s????]

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skære

Latvian

Verb

skar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of skart
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of skart
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of skart
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of skart
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of skart
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of skart

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skar

1. simple past of skjære

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skjera and skjere

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skard?. Cognates include English shard.

Alternative forms

• skard (alternative spelling)

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. a mountain pass; a navigable ravine

   Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass

2. a shard
3. a notch, chink, gap

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)

   Synonym: snart

Etymology 4

From Old Norse sk?r f, from Proto-Germanic *skar?. Related to skjera (“to cut”). Cognates include English share.

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

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Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. present tense of ska

References

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kras, raks, rask

Old Norse

Verb

skar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera

Swedish

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skära.

Anagrams

• Rask, arks, kars, rask