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See also: skýr
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skɪər/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
skyr (uncountable)
- 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.
Translations[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Icelandic skyr n, from Old Norse skyr. Doublet of skør.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skyr c (singular definite skyren, not used in plural form)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of skyr
common gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyr | skyren |
genitive | skyrs | skyrens |
References[edit]
- “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of skyr (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyr | skyrið |
accusative | skyr | skyrið |
dative | skyri | skyrinum |
genitive | skyrs | skyrsins |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old Norse skyr (“thick curdled milk”, literally “separated”), from skera (“to divide”). [1][2][3]
Related to the terms Danish skør (dialect), skørost (dialect), Norwegian Nynorsk skjør (“buttermilk, cultured milk”), skjørost, and many similar terms in Swedish dialects. The Latin term lac concretum (“thick milk”) is found in Tacitus' Germania. Possibly borrowed into English as English scurvy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)
- skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk)
Declension[edit]
declension of skyr
Derived terms[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, 1959, page 938-947
- ^ “scurvy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading[edit]
skyr on the Icelandic Wikipedia.Wikipedia is
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse skírr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz. Doublet of schyre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
skyr
- clear-coloured, pale, light, luminous, radiant
- (rare) clear, noticeable, discernible
- (rare) unadulterated, undiluted, full-strength
- (rare) untainted, unaffected, secure
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “skīr(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
skyr
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
skyr
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