Skyr

Old Norse Dictionary - skyr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skyr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skyr Old Norse word can mean:

skyr: a. [skjör-ost in Fünen in Denmark], curdled milk, curds, stored up for food; þeir vóru þyrstir mjök ok supu skyrit, Eg. 204; askar fullir af skyri … tókn þeir askana ok drukku ákaft skyrit, 548, 549; graut, ost, ok skyr. Korm. 150; Rindill hafði (see hefja A. 2) skyr ok mataðisk skjótt þvíat skyrit var þunnt, … skyrit sprændi ór honum, Lv. 64; í skyrbúri skyr níu tigir skjólna, Dipl. v. 18, cp. Grett. 107; þeir höfðu skyr ok ost, curds and cheese (for supper), Eb. 244; ostr ok skyr var at náttverði, Bjarn. 53; skyr ok rjómi, curds and cream; berja-skyr, blackberries and curds: the saying, þeir verða að sletta skyrinu sem þat eiga. Skyr is quite a national dish of the Northmen and the Icelanders of the present day, as it was of the Teutons in more ancient times; for it doubtless was the ‘lac concretum’ of Tacit. Germ. ch. 23, cp. Virg. G. 3. 463.

skyr: COMPDS: skyraskr, skyrbúr, skyrhnakkr, skyrker, skyrkyllir, skyrkýll.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

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