# skyr
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /skɪə/
* (General American) IPA: /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
### 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: /skyːˀr/, [ˈsɡ̊yɐ̯ˀ] or IPA: /skiːr/, [ˈsɡ̊iːɐ̯]

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### References

* “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Icelandic skyr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skir/

### Noun

skyr m (uncountable)
* skyr

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse skyr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃiːɹ/
* Rhymes: -iːɹ

### Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)
* skyr

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From 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”) or skjør, and Swedish skyr. The Latin term lac concretum (“thick milk”) is found in Tacitus' Germania. Possibly borrowed into English as English scurvy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /scɪːr/
* Rhymes: -ɪːr

### Noun

skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)
* skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk)

#### 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) “938-947”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 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: /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: /ʃʏːr/

#### Noun

skyr n (definite singular skyret, indefinite plural skyr, definite plural skyra)
* alternative form of skjør (“sour milk”)
* animal sperm
* (botany) endosperm

##### Derived terms

* skyrost (“sour milk cheese”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

skyr
* present of sky

## Swedish
### Verb

skyr
* present of sky