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skyr

skyr

See also: skýr

English

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

Danish

Verb

skyr or skyer

  1. present tense of sky

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skyr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)

  1. skyr

Declension

n3s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative skyr skyrið
Accusative skyr skyrið
Dative skyri skyrinum
Genitive skyrs skyrsins

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse skyr from the term skjör-ost in Fjón, Denmark. The Latin term lac concretum is in the book Germania by Tacitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /scɪːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːr

Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)

  1. skyr; 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

Declension

Derived terms

See also


Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skyr

  1. present tense of sky

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skyr

  1. present tense of sky