skerry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Shetland and Orkney dialect, from Old Norse sker ( > Danish skær, Gaelic sgeir).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɛri/

  Rhymes: -ɛri

[edit] Noun

skerry (plural skerries)

1. a small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms

   • 1997: Grim the Halogalander's crew sailed along Borgarfjord beyond the skerries, then cast anchor until the storm died down and the weather brightened up. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 46)