Participles
| Present | sċierende |
| Past | (ġe)sċoren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċiere |
| 2nd sing. | sċierest; sċierst |
| 3rd sing. | sċiereþ; sċierþ |
| 1st plur. | sċieraþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċieraþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċieraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċear |
| 2nd sing. | sċēare |
| 3rd sing. | sċear |
| 1st plur. | sċēaron |
| 2nd plur. | sċēaron |
| 3rd plur. | sċēaron |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċiere |
| 2nd sing. | sċiere |
| 3rd sing. | sċiere |
| 1st plur. | sċieren |
| 2nd plur. | sċieren |
| 3rd plur. | sċieren |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċēare |
| 2nd sing. | sċēare |
| 3rd sing. | sċēare |
| 1st plur. | sċēaren |
| 2nd plur. | sċēaren |
| 3rd plur. | sċēaren |
Imperative
| Singular | sċier |
| Plural | sċieraþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'scieran'
scieran,
Verbs similar to 'scieran'
sceran,
scierpan,
stieran,
acierran,
bescieran,
ciegan,
ciepan,
cierran,
hieran,
scieldan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
2. 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, “to cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Old Irish scaraim (“separate”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skeraną', Old Saxon '
skeran', Dutch '
scheren', Old High German 'skeran', Latin '
carō'.
Verbs referencing "scieran"
French
déchirer, German, old spelling
schüren, Norwegian, nynorsk
skjera.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 19:27 (And don't cut your hair or shave your beards.)
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unknown date, monastic sign language guide
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Strāca on þīn lēor swelċe þū sċieran wille. (Run your two fingers along your cheek like you want to shave.)
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c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Þā 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. (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.)
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c. 996, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"
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Be 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." (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.")