English Explanatory Dictionary

hákarl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.

Word forms

hákarl

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse hár Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ) Old Norse karl Old Norse hákarl Icelandic hákarlbor. English hákarl Borrowed from Icelandic hákarl (“shark”).

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