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Old Norse

skinn

animal hide, fur

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A brown bearskin rug spread flat, its broad fur-covered hide, four splayed limbs, and attached bear head clearly identifying it as a bear pelt rather than a living animal.
noun

bearskin

BAIR-skin/ˈberskɪn/

The pelt of a bear used as a covering.

Etymology
bearOld Englishbear
+skinOld Norseanimal hide, fur

The compound joins the animal's name to a word for hide or fur. Skin originally referred to animal hide in English, making the pelt sense central rather than an extension from human skin.

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