skyr
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skɪər/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
skyr (uncountable)
- A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine.
Translations
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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/, [ˈsɡ̊yɐ̯ˀ] or IPA(key): /skiːr/, [ˈsɡ̊iːɐ̯]
Noun
skyr c (singular definite skyren, not used in plural form)
- skyr, curled milk
Inflection
common gender | Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyr | skyren |
genitive | skyrs | skyrens |
References
- “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Icelandic skyr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skir/
Noun
skyr m (uncountable)
- skyr
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse skyr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɹ/
- Rhymes: -iːɹ
Noun
skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)
- skyr
Declension
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
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)
- skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk)
Declension
n-s | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyr | skyrið |
accusative | skyr | skyrið |
dative | skyri | skyrinu |
genitive | skyrs | skyrsins |
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
References
- J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 938-947
- “scurvy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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
- clear-coloured, pale, light, luminous, radiant
- (rare) clear, noticeable, discernible
- (rare) unadulterated, undiluted, full-strength
- (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
- 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)
- alternative form of skjør (“sour milk”)
Derived terms
- skyrost (“sour milk cheese”)
Verb
skyr
- present of sky