SKJARR
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adj. [Engl. shy; Germ. scheu], shy, timid, of animals, deer; skjarra sauði, Nj. 27, Bs. i. 330; skjörr hross, Hrafn. 7: skjarrt hross, Gþl. 504; sauðfé þat er skjarrast var, Ld. 96.
2. metaph., skjarr við e-t, shunning; skjarr við skot, Ls. 13; gör þér sem leiðust öll manndráp ok ver skjarr við, Sks. 382; skjörr á skeið(i), shy, faltering in the race, but the passage is obscure or corrupt, Fm. 5; dag-s., shunning the day, of a dwarf, Ýt. 2; flug-s., flót-s., shunning flight; bleyði-s., bold; læ-skjarr, fraud-shunning, Lex. Poët.