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Skraelings

Skraelings is the plural of Skraeling.

Meaning of Skraeling

Noun

Skraeling (plural Skraelings)

  1. (historical) 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

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What is Skraelings the plural of?
Skraelings is the plural of Skraeling.

Words near Skraelings in the dictionary

  1. SKQB
  2. SKr
  3. skrabalai
  4. Skradin
  5. skraeling
  6. Skraelings
  7. skraight
  8. skramz
  9. skran
  10. Skraup reaction
  11. Skraup synthesis

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