shire
Middle English
/ʃiːr/
noun
Definitions
- shire, district, county
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċīr (bright, shire, county, shining, splendid, gleaming, brilliant, resplendent, pure, clear).
Origin
Old English
sċīr
Gloss
bright, shire, county, shining, splendid, gleaming, brilliant, resplendent, pure, clear
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bedfordshire English
- Blankshire English
- Loamshire English
- Londonshire English
- Monmouthshire English
- Shirley English
- Somersetshire English
- Worcestershire English
- Yorkshire English
- sheriff English
- shire English
- shire-reeve English
- shiremote English
- Deorbyscir Old English
- Eoforwicscir Old English
- Eoforwīċ Old English
- Eoforwīċsċīr Old English
- Gleawceasterscir Old English
- Hamtunscir Old English
- Scrobbesbyrigscir Old English
- Wæringwicscir Old English
- scir Old English
- scirgerefa Old English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- sċīr Old English
- sċīrġerēfa Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Everwik Middle English
- Lancastreshire Middle English
- York Middle English
- Yorkshire Middle English
- reve Middle English
- schire Middle English
- schyre Middle English
- shirevewyk Middle English
- shirreve Middle English
- shirrevehod Middle English
- shyre Middle English
- skyr Middle English
- skíri Icelandic
- sir Welsh
- siorrachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *skīru gmw-pro
- sirriam Middle Irish