skyr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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• 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.

Translations

Further reading

• skyr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kyrs, skry

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skyːˀr/, or IPA^(key): /skiːr/,

Noun

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

1. skyr, curled milk

Declension

References

• “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

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 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

Derived terms

See also

• sletta
• ólekja

References

Further reading

• skyr on the Icelandic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^is

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.

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”)

Etymology 2

Verb

skyr

1. present of sky

Swedish

Verb

skyr

1. present of sky