skraeling
/ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/
skraeling is the alternative form of Skraeling.
Noun capitalized: Skraeling
Skraeling (plural Skraelings)
- A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
- Discrepancies between the Haúksbók and the 557 Mss. exist also in the narrative of the encounter of Karlsefni's men with the Skraelings, and always in the sense that the Haúksbók uses expressions magnifying the events, which seems suspicious.1960, Corrado Gini, The Location of Vinland, Bergen: The Insitute of Economics, via National Library of Norway, page 39
- This time all the staves were being swung anti-sunwise, and the Skraelings were all yelling aloud, so they took red shields and held them out against them.1974, H. F. McGee, Native Peoples of Atlantic Canada, Carleton University Press, page 2
Proper noun capitalized: Skraeling
Skraeling
- A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).
Forms of skraeling
| plural | skraelings |
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| plural | Skraelings |
| alternative form | skraeling |
| alternative form | Scraeling |
| alternative form | scraeling |
| alternative form | Skræling |
Origin of skraeling
After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada).
Words that rhyme with skraeling
Questions about skraeling
- What does skraeling mean?
- Skraeling means a member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
- What is skraeling the alternative form of?
- Skraeling is the alternative form of Skraeling.
- What part of speech is skraeling?
- Skraeling can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce skraeling?
- Skraeling is pronounced /ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of skraeling?
- The plural of skraeling is skraelings.
Words near skraeling in the dictionary
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