English Explanatory Dictionary

birlinn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Word forms

birlinn birlinns berling birling

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn, from Old Norse byrðingr.

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