Complete Definition of "skerry"

English
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Etymology
Shetland and Orkney dialect, from Old Norse sker ( > Gaelic sgeir).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sk�ri/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ri|-�ri

Noun
en-noun|skerr|ies

  1. a small rocky island which is covered by the sea at high tide or during storms

#:*1997: Grim the Halogalander's crew sailed along Borgarfjord beyond the skerries, then cast anchor until the storm died down and the weather brightened up. � �Egil's Saga�, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 46)

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