"scieran" meaning in Old English

See scieran in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃi͜y.rɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon skeran, Dutch scheren, Old High German skeran, Old Norse skera. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Old Irish scaraim (“separate”). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*(s)ker-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*skeran}} Proto-West Germanic *skeran, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skeraną}} Proto-Germanic *skeraną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*(s)ker-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-, {{cog|ofs|skera}} Old Frisian skera, {{cog|osx|skeran}} Old Saxon skeran, {{cog|nl|scheren}} Dutch scheren, {{cog|goh|skeran}} Old High German skeran, {{cog|non|skera}} Old Norse skera, {{cog|grc|κείρω||I cut off}} Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), {{cog|la|carō||flesh}} Latin carō (“flesh”), {{cog|lt|skìrti||separate}} Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), {{cog|sga|scaraim||separate}} Old Irish scaraim (“separate”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|sċieran}} sċieran Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|sċieran<s4>}} Forms: sċieran [canonical], strong [table-tags], sċieran [infinitive], sċierenne [infinitive], sċiere [first-person, present, singular], sċear [first-person, past, singular], sċierest [present, second-person, singular], sċierst [present, second-person, singular], sċēare [past, second-person, singular], sċiereþ [present, singular, third-person], sċierþ [present, singular, third-person], sċear [past, singular, third-person], sċieraþ [plural, present], sċēaron [past, plural], sċiere [present, singular], sċēare [past, singular], sċieren [plural, present], sċēaren [past, plural], sċier [imperative, past, present, singular], sċieraþ [imperative, past, plural, present], sċierende [imperative, present], sċoren [imperative, past], ġesċoren [imperative, past]
  1. to shave
    Sense id: en-scieran-ang-verb-m4VAwUdS Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. to shear
    Sense id: en-scieran-ang-verb-pM28SxyC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sċeran, sċeoran, sċiran Derived forms: besċieran, sċiering, sċierseax Related terms: sċēar, sċearu, efesian
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "besċieran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċiering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċierseax"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "scheren"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: scheren, schæren, schere, scheryn, shere, sheren, ssere\nEnglish: shear\nScots: shear\nYola: shaure (preterite)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: scheren, schæren, schere, scheryn, shere, sheren, ssere\nEnglish: shear\nScots: shear\nYola: shaure (preterite)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ker-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "skera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian skera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "skeran"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon skeran",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch scheren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "skeran"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German skeran",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κείρω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I cut off"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "carō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flesh"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin carō (“flesh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "skìrti",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "scaraim",
        "3": "",
        "4": "separate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish scaraim (“separate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.\nCognate with Old Frisian skera, Old Saxon skeran, Dutch scheren, Old High German skeran, Old Norse skera. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Old Irish scaraim (“separate”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "sċieran",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċierenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċiere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċear",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċierest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sċierst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċiereþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċierþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sċear",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēaron",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċiere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēare",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieren",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċierende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċieran"
      },
      "expansion": "sċieran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċieran<s4>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċēar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċearu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "efesian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And don't cut your hair or shave your beards.",
          "roman": "Ne ġē ēow ne efesiġen ne beard ne sċieren.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 19:27",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Run your two fingers along your cheek like you want to shave.",
          "text": "unknown date, monastic sign language guide\nStrāca on þīn lēor swelċe þū sċieran wille.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The priests weren't supposed to either shave their heads with razors or let their hair grow out, they were supposed to cut their hair with scissors.",
          "text": "c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nÞā sacerdas ne sċoldon nā heora hēafdu sċieran mid sċearseaxum ne eft hīe ne sċulon heora loccas lǣtan weaxan, ac hīe sċoldon hīe efesian mid sċēarum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shave"
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      "id": "en-scieran-ang-verb-m4VAwUdS",
      "links": [
        [
          "shave",
          "shave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "Isaiah said about Jesus' suffering, \"He's led like a sheep to the slaughter, and he kept silent and shut his mouth like a lamb being sheared.\"",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Lord\"\nBe Cristes þrōwunge cwæþ Īsāias, \"Hē is ġelǣded tō sleġe swā swā sċēap, and hē swīgode and his mūþ ne ondyde swā swā lamb dēþ þonne hit man sċiereþ.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shear"
      ],
      "id": "en-scieran-ang-verb-pM28SxyC",
      "links": [
        [
          "shear",
          "shear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃi͜y.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċeran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċeoran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sċiran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scieran"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "word": "besċieran"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċiering"
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    {
      "word": "sċierseax"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        "infinitive"
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "present",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sċēare",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sċiereþ",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "sċierþ",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "sċear",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēaron",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sċēare",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sċieren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċēaren",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċier",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċieraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċierende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċoren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċieran"
      },
      "expansion": "sċieran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċieran<s4>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sċēar"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċearu"
    },
    {
      "word": "efesian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And don't cut your hair or shave your beards.",
          "roman": "Ne ġē ēow ne efesiġen ne beard ne sċieren.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 19:27",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Run your two fingers along your cheek like you want to shave.",
          "text": "unknown date, monastic sign language guide\nStrāca on þīn lēor swelċe þū sċieran wille.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The priests weren't supposed to either shave their heads with razors or let their hair grow out, they were supposed to cut their hair with scissors.",
          "text": "c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nÞā sacerdas ne sċoldon nā heora hēafdu sċieran mid sċearseaxum ne eft hīe ne sċulon heora loccas lǣtan weaxan, ac hīe sċoldon hīe efesian mid sċēarum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shave",
          "shave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Isaiah said about Jesus' suffering, \"He's led like a sheep to the slaughter, and he kept silent and shut his mouth like a lamb being sheared.\"",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Lord\"\nBe Cristes þrōwunge cwæþ Īsāias, \"Hē is ġelǣded tō sleġe swā swā sċēap, and hē swīgode and his mūþ ne ondyde swā swā lamb dēþ þonne hit man sċiereþ.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shear",
          "shear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃi͜y.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sċeran"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċeoran"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċiran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scieran"
}

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