▪ I. † sker Obs.—1
[prob. of Scand. origin: cf. Norw. skjera, MSw. and Sw. skära.]
? A sickle.
| ? 1340 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 203, iij bemes pro aratris.., j par de bustyngs. It[em] ij skers, i hacke. |
▪ II. † sker
in phr. o sker, ? aslant. Obs.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4421 Bot Nemny bar þe scheld o sker, & Iulius smot his swerd ouer fer. |
▪ III. sker
obs. or dial. var. scar a., skirr v.