English Explanatory Dictionary

whale-road

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ocean; the open sea.

Word forms

whale-road the whale-road whale-roads

Etymology

From whale + road, after Old English hranrād, from hran (“whale”) + rād (“road”), though this translation is debated. Another translation is hran as dolphin and rād as a modified form of rāden (to ride). Therefore, hranrād would be the "riding place of dolphins" or "dolphins' riding".

Synonyms

whale's road whale's way
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