▪ I. ‖ skyr
(skɪə(r))
[Icel.]
A dish prepared from curdled milk; a kind of curd.
| 1857 Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 122 Not to mention reindeer tongues, skier,—a kind of sour curds, excellent when well made. 1868 Whittier Dole of Jarl Thorkell 77 Make dole of skyr and black bread That old and young may live. 1890 Hall Caine Bondman ii. vii, He supped on the porridge and skyr they set before him. |
▪ II. skyr(e
varr. skire a. and adv., skirr v.