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==Etymology==
− It is an alteration of Middle English skerren, to frighten,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|non|skirra|t=to frighten; to shrink from, shun]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Old Norse skjarr, shy, timid,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) a word of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline calls the change of vowel unusual;^(Etymonline) Scots skair and dialect skeer, skear seem closer to the expected development.^(Etymonline)
+ It is an alteration of [[enm|skerren]], to frighten,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|non|skirra|t=to frighten; to shrink from, shun]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[non|skjarr]], shy, timid,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) a word of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline calls the change of vowel unusual;^(Etymonline) [[sco|skair]] and dialect skeer, skear seem closer to the expected development.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==