skur

Borrowed from Sicilian scuru, from Latin obscurus.

• IPA^(key): /skuːr/

skur (feminine singular skura, plural skuri)

1. dark (not bright, especially in colour)

   Synonym: (especially through absence of light) mudlam

From Old Norse skúrr.

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura or skurene)

1. a shed
   • 2014, Rød eller død by David Peace, Forlaget Press →ISBN

     Bill gikk bort til skuret. Det lille redskapsskuret deres. Bill gikk inn i skuret. Bill fant frem gressklipperen. Den røde håndgressklipperen av merket Shanks.

     Bill went off to the shed. The little tool shed of theirs. Bill went into the shed. Bill found the lawnmower. The red hand lawnmower of the make Shanks.

• busskur, buss-skur
• redskapsskur

From Old Norse skúr.

skur f or m (definite singular skura or skuren, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (e.g. of hail, rain, stones, meteorites)

• regnskur

• “skur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skur_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “skur_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/

From Old Norse skúrr.

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura)

1. a shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)
   • 1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:

     I kveldingi set eg stigen burt og hengjer laupen frå meg i skuret.

     At dusk, I put away the ladder and hang my box in the shed.

• busskur, buss-skur

From Old Norse skúr. Akin to English shower.

skur f (definite singular skura, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (a brief fall of rain or hail)

• regnskur

skur

1. imperative of skura

• “skur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English school.

• IPA^(key): /skur/

skur 

1. school

From Old Swedish, from Old Norse skúr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō; cognate with Icelandic skúr, German Schauer, Dutch schoer, and English shower, Old English sċūr, possibly relating to Latin caurus (north-west wind).

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

skur c

1. a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)
2. (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain

• skura

• skur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kurs