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

Anagrams

• kyrs

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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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse skyr meaning "thick curdled milk". Related to from 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 is in the book Germania by Tacitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɪːr/
• Rhymes: -ɪːr

Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)

1. skyr; 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

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

• sletta
• ólekja

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skyr

1. present tense of sky

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skyr

1. present tense of sky

• ^ J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.