skírr

See also: skirr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skīriz.

Adjective

skírr (comparative skírari or skírri, superlative skírstr)

1. clear, bright, pure

   Synonym: skærr

2. cleansed from guilt

Declension

    Strong declension of skírr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skírr	skír	skírt
accusative	skíran	skíra	skírt
dative	skírum	skírri	skíru
genitive	skírs	skírrar	skírs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skírir	skírar	skír
accusative	skíra	skírar	skír
dative	skírum	skírum	skírum
genitive	skírra	skírra	skírra

    Weak declension of skírr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skíri	skíra	skíra
accusative	skíra	skíru	skíra
dative	skíra	skíru	skíra
genitive	skíra	skíru	skíra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skíru	skíru	skíru
accusative	skíru	skíru	skíru
dative	skírum	skírum	skírum
genitive	skíru	skíru	skíru

Derived terms

• skíra (“to cleanse; baptize”)
• skírborinn (“born in wedlock”)
• skírdagr m (“Maundy Thursday”)
• skírdræpr (“dazzling”)
• skírgetinn (“born in wedlock”)
• skírifaðir m
• skíriþórsdagr m (“Maundy Thursday”)
• skírleiki m, skírleikr m (“purity”)
• skírliga (“purely, chastely”)
• skírligr (“bright”)
• skírlífi n (“chaste life”)
• skírlífr (“pure-liced, chaste”)
• skírna (“to become clear”)
• skírn f (“baptism”)
• skírskota (“to refer or submit to judgement”)
• skírsl f, skírsla f, skírsli n (“purification, ordeal”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: skír
• Faroese: skírur
• Norwegian: skir
• Old Swedish: skīr
• Swedish: skir
• Danish: skjær, skær
  • → Faroese: skærur

References

• skírr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.