Old English · noun

scear

Normalised sċēar

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ʃæ͜ɑːr/
Syllables: ʃæ͜ɑːr (1 syllable)
Modern English: scissors plowshare shears shear share

scear1 · noun · feminine

Senses

scissors, shears

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of scear
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċēar	sċēare sċēara
Accusative	sċēar sċēare	sċēare sċēara
Genitive	sċēare	sċēara
Dative	sċēare	sċēarum

scear2 · noun · neuter

Senses

plowshare

Etymology

From earlier *sċǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *skāri, from Proto-Germanic *skēriz. Related to Old High German skāra (“shears, tonsure”), West Frisian skjirre, Dutch schaar, German Schere, Icelandic skæri.

From Proto-West Germanic *skar, from Proto-Germanic *skarą, *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence also Old High German skaro and skara (“ploughshare”).

Descendants

shear, share

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