marleik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from mare +‎ leik.

Compare Swedish marleka (with plural ending -or corresponding to feminine gender in Norwegian).

Noun

marleik m (definite singular marleiken, indefinite plural marleikar, definite plural marleikane)

1. a concretion of clay often formed around a small object or a dead organism, e.g. an insect or a small fish, otherwise has shapes similar to gogotte and imatrankivi