Noun: scur
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | sċūr |
| Plural | sċūras; sċūra; sċūre |
Genitive
| Singular | sċūres; sċūre |
| Plural | sċūra |
Dative
| Singular | sċūre |
| Plural | sċūrum |
Accusative
| Singular | sċūr; sċūre |
| Plural | sċūras; sċūra; sċūre |
Sample Sentences
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Þæt sē mon ne wāt þe him on foldan fæġrost limpeð, hū iċ earmċeariġ īsċealdne sǣ winter wunade wræċċan lāstum, winemǣgum bidroren, bihongen hrīmġiċelum; hæġl sċūrum flēag. (The man does not know that who befalls most fairly on land, how wretched I dwelt winter on ice-cold sea by outcast’s paths, bereft of kinsmen, behung with frost-icicles; hail flew by showers.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Nouns inflected like scur
scur,
Etymology
From the merger of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”) and Proto-Germanic *skūraz (“rainshower”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-(e)ro-. Cognate with Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr. See: Old Norse Nouns '
skúr'.
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