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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English schere, probably an alteration of the dialect shire, bright, clear, pure, [[inh|ang|scīr|t=bright, clear, translucent, pure]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) perhaps influenced by Old Norse skǽrr, bright, clean,^(Etymonline) from Proto-Germanic *skīraz, from the root of [[shine]].^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is [[inh|enm|schere]], probably an alteration of the dialect shire, bright, clear, pure, [[inh|ang|scīr|t=bright, clear, translucent, pure]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) perhaps influenced by [[non|skǽrr]], bright, clean,^(Etymonline) from [[gem-pro|*skīraz]], from the root of [[shine]].^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==