skir

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse skírr.

Noun

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skir

  1. Alternative form of skyr

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse skíra.

Verb

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skir

  1. Alternative form of skyren

Swedish

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Etymology

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Common Germanic word.

Adjective

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skir (comparative skirare, superlative skirast)

  1. sheer (thin and delicate (and often more or less transparent), like gauze or gossamer)
    1. wispy (of a cloud)
  2. (figuratively) delicate, ethereal, etc.
  3. (higher register, especially of (light from) a celestial body) clear, shining

Declension

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Inflection of skir
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skir skirare skirast
Neuter singular skirt skirare skirast
Plural skira skirare skirast
Masculine plural3 skire skirare skirast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skire skirare skiraste
All skira skirare skiraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

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skir n

  1. sheer (sheer fabric)
  2. (higher register) something sheer, veil-like substance (more generally, for example haze or wispy clouds)

Declension

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See also

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References

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Yola

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Etymology

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A verbal form derived from skee. Cognate with English sky (to throw a ball extremely high).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skir

  1. To rise in the air.
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
      Th' commanès t'rapple; th' ball skir an vlee;
      The ball-clubs they rattled; the ball rose and flew;

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 68