scur
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
scur (plural scurs)
Etymology 2[edit]
Compare scour (“to run”).
Verb[edit]
scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)
- (intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.
- 1843, George Henry Borrow, The Bible in Spain:
- Here he whistled , and the animal , who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels , instantly returned with a gentle neigh
References[edit]
- “scur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably ultimately from Latin obscūrus, perhaps through the intermediate of Italian scuro.
Adjective[edit]
scur m (feminine scurã, plural scuri, feminine plural scuri or scure)
- dark brown (usually of hair)
- (figuratively) sombre
Lombard[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Italian scuro, from Latin obscurus.
Adjective[edit]
scur
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
scur
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of schour
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr, from Proto-Indo-European *kew-(e)ro-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sċūr m or f
Descendants[edit]
Old High German[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old Saxon skūr, Old English scūr, Old Norse skúr.
Noun[edit]
scūr m
Declension[edit]
Declension of scūr (masculine i-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | scūr | scūri |
accusative | scūr | scūri |
genitive | scūres | scūro |
dative | scūre | scūrim, scūren |
instrumental | scūru | — |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter”).
Noun[edit]
scūr m
Descendants[edit]
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