skyr

See also: skýr

English

Vanilla skyr

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /skɪər/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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.

Translations

yogurt-like product

• Danish: skyr (da) c
• Faroese: skyr n

• German: Skyr (de) m
• Icelandic: skyr (is) n

Further reading

• skyr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kyrs, skry

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr n, from Old Norse skyr. Doublet of skør.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skyːˀr/, [ˈsɡ̊yɐ̯ˀ] or IPA^(key): /skiːr/, [ˈsɡ̊iːɐ̯]

Noun

skyr c (singular definite skyren, not used in plural form)

1. skyr, curled milk

Inflection

Declension of skyr

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skyr	skyren
genitive	skyrs	skyrens

References

• “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog

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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 (“thick curdled milk”, literally “separated”), from skera (“to divide”).

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

• 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

• sletta
• ólekja

Further reading

• skyr on the Icelandic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^is

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• skir, skire, skyre

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

• English: skire (obsolete), sheer
• Scots: skyre

References

• “skīr(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skyr

1. present of sky

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skyr

1. present of sky