Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *skrītanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_skrītaną
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verbStrong class 1to tear, to cutMost likely from the same source as *hrītaną, but with an s-mobile. Related to Middle Irish scrissid (‘to cut’). Could be an unusual extension of *(s)ker- (‘to cut, carve’) in the same pattern as *wlītaną from *wel-, *wrītaną from *wer-, though this formation is rarely found outside of Germanic; compare also *hrībaną.