n.
'fear' (Modern English scare)
PGmc Ancestor
*skerr(j)an-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
cp. skirra (v.) 'bar, prevent', cp. skirrask 'shun, skrink from'
(ONP cp. skirra (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
absence of palatalization of */sk/
Summary category
A1c
The only attestations of a n. with this vocalism come from WA and (in a different sense) a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)(see MED). On the MnE form scare, see OED and Bj. 125. The v. first occurs in Orrm and early attestations suggest a N dial bias before becoming widespread.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 4731