# skara
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskaːra/
* Rhymes: -aːra

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse skara (“to rake, scrape”), related to skera (“to cut”).

#### Verb

skara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði, supine skarað)
* (of a fire) to poke or stoking
    Skara í eldinn.To poke the fire.
       To stoke the fire.

##### Derived terms

* skara fram úr
* skara eld að sinni köku/skara eld að eigin köku
* skarast

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

skara
* indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of skari
* indefinite accusative/genitive plural of skari

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [s̪kɐˈrɐ]

### Noun

skarà f (plural skãros) stress pattern 4
* scarf, shawl

#### Declension
### References

* “skara” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

skara n
* definite plural of skar

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse skara.

#### Alternative forms

* skare (e-infinitive)

#### Verb

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)
* (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
* (intransitive) to congregate, walk together
* (transitive, intransitive) to gather and drop ashes upon embers

##### Usage notes

* This is a split infinitive verb.

### Etymology 2

From skar (“snuff of a candle”).

#### Alternative forms

* skare (e-infinitive)

#### Verb

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)
* to remove the snuff (i.e. the burnt part) of the wick

##### Usage notes

* This is a split infinitive verb.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

skara n
* definite plural of skar

### References

* “skara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

skara
* (transitive) to poke, rake
* (transitive) to cover closely
    skip skarat skǫlduma ship set with shields from stem to stern

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: skara
* Norwegian Nynorsk: skara, skare (e-infinitive)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

skara
* accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite of skari m
* accusative/genitive plural indefinite of skari m

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skara”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse skǫr, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“division, portion”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

skara c
* a group of people (physically or more abstractly together)
    en stor skara journalistera crowd of journalists

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | skara | skaras |
| singular | definite | skaran | skarans |
| plural | indefinite | skaror | skarors |
| plural | definite | skarorna | skarornas |

### References

* skara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* askar, kasar, rakas, raska, sakar