skyr

See also: Skyr and skýr

English
Vanilla skyr

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

Pronunciation

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.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

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

Declension
Declension of skyr
common
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative skyr skyren
genitive skyrs skyrens

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Icelandic skyr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skir/

Noun

skyr m (uncountable)

  1. skyr

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”, literally “separated”), from skera (“to divide”). [1][2][3]

Related to the terms Danish skør (dialect), skørost (dialect), Norwegian Nynorsk skyr (“buttermilk, cultured milk”), skjør, 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

References
  1. J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-947”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-947
  3. “scurvy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skyr

  1. present of sky

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skyr. Akin to skjera.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃʏːr/

Noun

skyr n (definite singular skyret, indefinite plural skyr, definite plural skyra)

  1. alternative form of skjør (“sour milk”)
Derived terms
  • skyrost (“sour milk cheese”)

Verb

skyr

  1. present of sky

Swedish

Verb

skyr

  1. present of sky
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