skírr

skírr
(skírri or skírari, skírstr), a.
1) clear, bright, pure, of glass, metal, water, sky, etc. (s. mjöðr, skírt vatn, s. málmr, skírt silfr);
2) cleansed from guilt (hón skal øruggliga bera mega þetta járn ok skír verða);
3) of the voice, clear (með skírri raustu).
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adj., compar. skírri, superl. skírstr, Sks. 138 new Ed., MS. 15. 5; [Goth. skeirs; A. S. scîr; Engl. sheer; Germ. schier; Dan. skjær; cp. also skærr and skýrr]:—clear, bright, pure, of glass, water, sky, light, etc.; gler allra hreinst ok skírst, MS. 15. 5; skírt vatn, Hb. 544. 39; skír ok úskír vötn, Rb. 352; skír veðr eðr úskír, Stj. 15; þrjár merkr gang-silfrs móti einni skírri, 732. 16; skírt silfr, id.; sýndisk honum eigi skírt mála-silfrit, Fms. vi. 243; átta hundruð marka skírra, x. 92; drykkr skírri hverju víni, id.; getinn af skírri meyju ok flekklaussi, 625. 70.
2. metaph. cleansed from guilt, esp. referring to an ordeal; hreinn ok skírr, 655 i. 1; emk skírr um þat, I am clear of that, Sighvat; verðr hón af járni skír þá er hón sýkn saka, N. G. L. i. 351; þá varð sá skírr er undir jarðar-men gékk ef torfan féll eigi á hann, Ld. 58.
3. með skírri raust, wfth a clear voice, Sks. 138 new Ed.

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