skräling
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse skrælingi, ultimately of unclear origin.
Noun
skräling c
- (historical) a Skraeling; an Inuit or Native American as viewed by Norse settlers.
- 2017 March 4, Dick Harrison, “”Fick vikingar barn med indianer?” [”Did Vikings have children with Native Americans?”]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
- I sagorna skildras skrälingarna som fula, fientliga främlingar med besynnerligt hår, stora ögon och breda kindknotor; det görs klart att de kunde dödas utan samvetsbetänkligheter.
- In the sagas, the Skraelings are portrayed as ugly, hostile strangers with strange hair, large eyes and wide cheekbones; it is made clear that they could be killed without scruples.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skräling | skrälings |
| definite | skrälingen | skrälingens | |
| plural | indefinite | skrälingar | skrälingars |
| definite | skrälingarna | skrälingarnas |
Further reading
- skräling in Svensk ordbok.
skrälingar on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
