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birlinn

birlinn noun: a type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Noun

birlinn (plural birlinns)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Forms of birlinn

pluralbirlinns
alternative formberling
alternative formbirling

Origin of birlinn

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn, from Old Norse byrðingr.

Questions about birlinn

What does birlinn mean?
Birlinn means a type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is birlinn?
Birlinn is a noun.
What is the plural of birlinn?
The plural of birlinn is birlinns.

Words near birlinn in the dictionary

  1. birleys
  2. birlie
  3. birlies
  4. birling
  5. birlings
  6. birlinn
  7. birlinns
  8. birls
  9. Birma
  10. Birmah
  11. Birman

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