Kensington Runestone - Meaning of the word Skär, Skjär or Sk(l)är

Kensington Runestone

 .....We were fishing one day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone

What is the Meaning of the word? Skär, Skjär, Skera, Skära or Sk(l)är

We had a camp by two (shelters?) one day's journey north from this stone.

hade : läger : ved : 2 :  skjär  : en :

dags : rise : norr : fro : deno : sten :

Question; what is the OLD NORSE word for? —SKÄR or SKJÄR

Modern Norwiegen -- CUT
Modern Swedish--- NOTCH

https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=skjär&op=translate

skära (Swedish)

Origin & history I

From Old Swedish skæra‎, from Old Norse skera‎ ("to cut"), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną‎ ("to shear"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-‎ ("to cut").

Verb

skära

1. to cut; to perform an incision
2. to cut; to make reductions in a budget
3. to cut; to divide something with a knife, etc.

https://www.wordsense.eu/skära/

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There's a Lake Exactly 43 miles NORTH of the KRS that has 2 CUTs or 2 NOTCHs in it 
Otter Tail Lake -
“Lac de la Queue de la Outer“, which roughly translates to “Lake of the Otters Tail“

   see the image on these 2  CUT/NOTCH @OtterTail County website

https://ottertailcountymn.us/history/

Here is a Apple Maps picture of Otter Tail Lake. Don’t these 2 sand bars create a scar, cut, notch, incision, gash or incised wound,? skjär

Wiktionary Translations for skär:

skär

noun

1. small island
   
   • key; islet → skär; holme; kobbe
2. area of land completely surrounded by water
   
   • island → skär; kobbe; holme; ö
3. pale red colour
   
   • pink → rosa; skär
4. hill or island without vegetation
   
   • rock → skär
5. small rocky island
   
   • skerry → skär

Cross Translation:

• skär	→ island; isle

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