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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From sjø + dåp
Pronunciation
Noun
sjødåp m (definite singular sjødåpen, uncountable)
- event or a ritual making a person, who goes through it, into a real fisherman or sailor (in other people's eyes)
- (folklore) a ritual, when a newborn child being taken on a boat into the sea got to drink sea water from an empty snailshell, with purpose to get along with the sea spirit when this child grows up as a fisherman or sailor