dulse

English

WOTD - 23 December 2009    

A plate of dulse.

Alternative forms

• dillisk
• dilsk

Etymology

From Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dʌls/, SAMPA: /dVls/

Noun

dulse (plural dulses)

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 151:

     Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 90:

     They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.

Translations

reddish brown seaweed that is eaten

Finnish: Palmaria palmata -levä (fi) French: dulse (fr), goémon à vache (fr), algue à vache (fr) German: Lappentang (de) m. Icelandic: söl (is) n. Irish: duileasc (ga) m.

Norwegian: søl (no) n. Polish: rodymeria palczasta (pl) f. Russian: тёмно-красная водоросль (ru) Scottish Gaelic: duileasg (gd) m.

See also

• Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Palmaria palmata

Anagrams

• duels
• ludes
• slued

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Ladino

Adjective

dulse (Latin spelling)

1. sweet, sugary

Noun

dulse m. (Latin spelling)

1. sweet preserves