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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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?ks/
• Rhymes: -æ?ks

Noun

ranks

1. plural of rank

Verb

ranks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rank

Anagrams

• ARNKs, Karns, Kršan, K???a, Snark, karns, knars, krans, narks, skarn, snark