English Explanatory Dictionary

Skraeling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
name
  1. A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).

Pronunciation

/ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/

Word forms

Skraeling Skraelings Scraeling Skræling

Etymology

After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada).

Related words

Vinland
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