different between skar vs skyr

English

Alternative forms

• skare

Etymology

From the root of scare.

Adjective

skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s????]

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skære

Latvian

Verb

skar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of skart
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of skart
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of skart
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of skart
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of skart
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of skart

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skar

1. simple past of skjære

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skjera and skjere

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skard?. Cognates include English shard.

Alternative forms

• skard (alternative spelling)

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. a mountain pass; a navigable ravine

   Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass

2. a shard
3. a notch, chink, gap

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)

   Synonym: snart

Etymology 4

From Old Norse sk?r f, from Proto-Germanic *skar?. Related to skjera (“to cut”). Cognates include English share.

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

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Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. present tense of ska

References

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kras, raks, rask

Old Norse

Verb

skar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera

Swedish

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skära.

Anagrams

• Rask, arks, kars, rask

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sk??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sk??r/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

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

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): /sky??r/, [?s??y???] or IPA^(key): /ski?r/, [?s??i???]

Noun

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

1. skyr, curled milk

Inflection

References

• “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??/
• Rhymes: -i??

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 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): /sc??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

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 *sk?riz. Doublet of schyre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski?r/

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

• “sk?r(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

Verb

skyr

1. present of sky