longship

English

Alternative forms

• long-ship

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *langschip, from Old English langsċip (“a longship, a large warship”), equivalent to long +‎ ship. Cognate with German Langschiff, German Low German Langschipp, Icelandic langskip, Norwegian Bokmål langskip, Norwegian Nynorsk langskip, Dutch langschip.

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Noun

longship (plural longships)

1. A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.

Translations

type of Viking vessel

• Armenian: դրակար (drakar)
• Danish: langskib n
• Dutch: snek (nl) m or f, langschip n
• Faroese: langskip n
• Finnish: pitkävene, viikinkilaiva
• French: drakkar (fr) m
• German: Langschiff (de) n
• Greek: ντράκαρ n (ntrákar)
• Hebrew: אונייה ארוכה \ אֳנִיָּה אֲרֻכָּה (he) f (oniyа́ arukа́)
• Hungarian: hosszúhajó
• Icelandic: langskip (is) n
• Italian: drakar m, drakkar (it) m
• Japanese: ロングシップ (rongushippu)
• Korean: 랑스킵 (rangseukip)
• Latin: ceola f
• Lithuanian: drakaras m
• Manx: birling f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langskip n

  Nynorsk: langskip n

• Old Norse: langskip n
• Portuguese: dracar (pt) m
• Russian: дракка́р (ru) m (drakkár), ладья́ (ru) f (ladʹjá)
• Spanish: drakkar m
• Swedish: långskepp (sv) n
• Turkish: uzun gemi

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