Words that come from Old Norse “skirra”
44 words across 3 languages descend from Old Norse skirra — including scared, sheer, scare, scary, scarecrow, scarily, unscared, scariness.
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English (36)
- scared
- sheer
- scare
- scary
- scarecrow
- scarily
- unscared
- scariness
- sheerness
- scarer
- scaremonger
- scarest
- ascared
- unscary
- scaredness
- scareth
- semisheer
- scaredly
- scarecrowlike
- scaresome
- scarecrowish
- nonscary
- scarefest
- ultrasheer
- unscareable
- scareable
- scaredy cat
- scaremongerer
- scareware
- bescare
- scarelore
- supersheer
- scaredy pants
- scarisome
- scarysome
- scaredy-cat