scir

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • office (status of an official)
  • district (under an official or governor)
  • administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)

Etymology

Inherited from *skīru inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīrō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skīrō

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