FromOld Swedishskuþa,skoþa, fromOld Norseskoða, fromProto-Germanic*skuþōną. Related withskön(“fair, beautiful”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskoːˌda/

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skåda (presentskådar,preteriteskådade,supineskådat,imperativeskåda)

1. (solemn or poetic outside certain expressions and compounds) tobehold

   Synonyms:betrakta,tittapå

   en fest av sällanskådat slag

   a party like no other ["of rarelybeheld kind" – "sällanskådat/skådad X" (rarelyseen X) is an idiom more generally]

   skåda inte en given häst i munnen

   don'tlook a gift horse in the mouth

   • 1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Bethlehem (Shine over sea [most likely in this context, though unusual – seesjö(“lake; sea”)] and shore[Maybe to be understood as "land and sea/water"])]”,Viktor Rydberg (lyrics),Alice Tegnér (music)‎^[1]:

     Herden, som sover trött, barnet, som slumrar sött, vakna vid underbar korus av röster,skåda enhärligt klar stjärna i öster.

     The shepherd, sleeping tired, the child, slumbering sweetly, wake at a wonderful chorus of voices,behold a gloriously bright star in the east.

-skådare(“watcher”) appears as a suffix in a few compounds, the most common beingåskådare(“spectator”) (literally, "on-beholder" – seeå) andfågelskådare(“bird watcher”).

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