grønlandssel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Grønland (“Greenland”) +‎ sel (“seal”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrœnlɑnˌseːl/

Noun

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grønlandssel m (definite singular grønlandsselen, indefinite plural grønlandsselar, definite plural grønlandsselane)

  1. a harp seal, (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
    • 1937, Åsmund Sveen, “translator, original author Sigvard Malmberg”, in Sverre på fangst:
      Og han fortalde at der […] jaga dei nett den same selen, grønlandsselen eller russekobben, som båtene i Troms no skulde ut etter.
      And he said that there […] they hunted the exact same seal, the harp seal or russekobbe, which the boats from Troms were now going after.

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