grønlandssel
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Grønland (“Greenland”) + sel (“seal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
grønlandssel m (definite singular grønlandsselen, indefinite plural grønlandsselar, definite plural grønlandsselane)
- a harp seal, (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
- 1937, Åsmund Sveen, “translator, original author Sigvard Malmberg”, in Sverre på fangst:
- Og han fortalde at der […] jaga dei nett den same selen, grønlandsselen eller russekobben, som båtene i Troms no skulde ut etter.
- And he said that there […] they hunted the exact same seal, the harp seal or russekobbe, which the boats from Troms were now going after.
References[edit]
- “grønlandssel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.