*skardaz

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᚱᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑr.ðɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

cut up, damaged

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *skordʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- (‘to cut up’); cognate with Old Irish scerdaid (‘to peel, scrape off’), Lithuanian sker̃sti (‘to cut, slaughter’). The Indo-European root may be an extension of *sker- (‘to cut’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	skardaz	skardō	skardą, -atō	skardai	skardôz	skardō
Acc.	skardanǭ	skardǭ	skardą, -atō	skardanz	skardōz	skardō
Gen.	skardas, -is	skardaizōz	skardas, -is	skardaizǫ̂	skardaizǫ̂	skardaizǫ̂
Dat.	skardammai	skardaizōi	skardammai	skardaimaz	skardaimaz	skardaimaz
Inst.	skardanō	skardaizō	skardanō	skardaimiz	skardaimiz	skardaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	skardô	skardǭ	skardô	skardaniz	skardōniz	skardōnō
Acc.	skardanų	skardōnų	skardô	skardanunz	skardōnunz	skardōnō
Gen.	skardiniz	skardōniz	skardiniz	skardanǫ̂	skardōnǫ̂	skardanǫ̂
Dat.	skardini	skardōni	skardini	skardammaz	skardōmaz	skardammaz
Inst.	skardinē	skardōnē	skardinē	skardammiz	skardōmiz	skardammiz

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Descendants

*skard (Proto-West Germanic)
- skerd, skerde (Old Frisian)
*skard (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċeard (Old English)
  - scherd, scheard, scheord, scherde, schord, shard, sherd, sherde (Middle English)
    - shard, sherd (English)
    - shaird (Scots)
    - sheardhe, sheardh, shearde, sharde (Yola)
*skard (Proto-West Germanic)
- *skart (Old High German)
  - schart, scharte (Middle High German)
    - Scharte (German)
*skard (Proto-West Germanic)
- skard (Old Saxon)
  - schart (Middle Low German)
skarðr (Old Norse)
- skarður (Icelandic)

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