brisling
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English
Etymology
From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.
Noun
brisling (plural brislings or brisling)
- A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Low German bretling.
Noun
brisling m (definite singular brislingen, indefinite plural brislinger, definite plural brislingene)
References
- “brisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Low German bretling.
Pronunciation
Noun
brisling m (definite singular brislingen, indefinite plural brislingar, definite plural brislingane)
References
- “brisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.