skjera

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːrɑ/

skjera n

1. plural definite of skjer

From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Akin to English shear.

• skjere (e infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²ʃeːrɑ/

skjera (present tense skjer, past tense skar, past participle skore, present participle skjerande, imperative skjer)

1. to cut

   Han skar av tauet med kniven.

   He cut the rope with his knife.

2. to cross (meet), intersect

   Desse linene er parallelle og skjer kvarandre aldri.

   These lines are parallel and never cross each other.

3. to carve

• skjering

• skjære (Bokmål)

• “skjera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.