skyr

See also: skýr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

Noun

skyr (uncountable)

  1. A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine that can be traced back to the Vikings.

Further reading

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skyr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)

  1. skyr

Declension
Declension of skyr (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative skyr skyrið
accusative skyr skyrið
dative skyri skyrinum
genitive skyrs skyrsins

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse skyr (“thick curdled milk”)[1]. Related to the terms skjör-ost in Fjón, Denmark, skjør-ost or skjør in Norwegian, meaning “buttermilk” or “cultured milk”, and many similar terms in Swedish dialects. The Latin term lac concretum (“thick milk”) is in the book Germania by Tacitus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /scɪːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːr

Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)

  1. skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk)

Declension
declension of skyr
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative skyr skyrið
accusative skyr skyrið
dative skyri skyrinu
genitive skyrs skyrsins

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • berjaskyr (“blackberries and curds”)
  • hleypa skyr
  • skyraskur (“a curd bowl”)
  • skyrbjúgur (“scurvy”)
  • skyrbúr (“a curd bower”)
  • skyrker (“a curd vessel”)
  • skyrsletta
  • sletta skyrinu (“to spend beyond one's means”)
  • þeir sletta skyrinu sem eiga það

See also

References
  1. J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse skírr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz. Doublet of schyre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skiːr/

Adjective

skyr

  1. clear-coloured, pale, light, luminous, radiant
  2. (rare) clear, noticeable, discernible
  3. (rare) unadulterated, undiluted, full-strength
  4. (rare) untainted, unaffected, secure

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skyr

  1. present of sky

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skyr

  1. present of sky
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