Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | schort |
| Past Participle | gschort |
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Alternative Forms
Etymology
1. From Middle High German schorn, a derivative of schor (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”).
2. See also English score, Old Norse skor (“to tear”), German schoren (“to shovel, till”), Dutch scheuren (“to tear”). See: English '
score', German, old spelling '
schoren', Dutch '
scheuren'.
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