Skyr
Old Norse Dictionary - skyr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skyr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skyr can mean:skyr
- 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.)