grønlandssel

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Etymology

From Grønland (Greenland) +‎ sel (seal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrœnlɑnˌseːl/

Noun

grønlandssel m (definite singular grønlandsselen, indefinite plural grønlandsselar, definite plural grønlandsselane)

  1. a harp seal, (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
    • 1937, Åsmund Sveen (translator, original author Sigvard Malmberg), 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.

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