different between skynner vs skinner

Middle English

Alternative forms

• schynnere, skynnare, scynnere, skynnere, skynnar

Etymology

From skyn +? -er; compare to Old Norse skinnari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skin?r(?)/

Noun

skynner (plural skynners)

1. A worker or retailer of hides or pelts.

Descendants

• English: skinner
• Scots: skinner

References

• “skinner(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.

English

Etymology

From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin +? -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).

Pronunciation

Noun

skinner (plural skinners)

1. Someone who skins animals.
2. A hunting knife used for skinning animals.
3. One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
4. (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.

Translations

Danish

Noun

skinner c

1. indefinite plural of skinne

Verb

skinner

1. present of skinne

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skinner m or f

1. indefinite plural of skinne

Verb

skinner

1. present of skinne