skari

See also: skári, and skȃri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

skari m (genitive singular skara, nominative plural skarar)

1. crowd, host

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skari

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of skar

Anagrams

• skira

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German schāre, from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Doublet of skǫr f. Akin to English share.

Noun

skari m (genitive skara)

1. host, troop

Declension

  Declension of skari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skari	skarinn	skarar	skararnir
accusative	skara	skarann	skara	skarana
dative	skara	skaranum	skǫrum	skǫrunum
genitive	skara	skarans	skara	skaranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skare
• Norwegian Bokmål: skare
• Danish: skare
• Swedish: skara

References

• “skari”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press