Definition of Skraeling in English:

Skraeling

noun ˈskreɪlɪŋ

An Inuit or other indigenous inhabitant of Greenland or Vinland (on the north-eastern coast of North America) at the time of early Norse settlement.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many archaeologists believe that the Skraelings mentioned in Viking sagas were actually a group referred to as the Recent Indians.
- The sagas suggest that the Skraelings retreated, not knowing what to make of her strange behaviour.
- Schledermann conjectures that these Skraelings may have been at least in part Dorset people.
- Now this was the way the Skraelings traded: they bore off their wares in their stomachs.
- The Skraeling, whose vision was best at night, were close to blind in the brilliant light of the morning.
- It was here that Borneheld, having somehow escaped the Skraelings, intended to make his stand.
- Some thirty years later, in 1379, the sagas tell of a Skraeling attack on the Eastern Settlement of Greenland.
- They began to fashion their dwellings after those of the Skraelings and not plunder the earth.
- The Skraelings were terrified at the sight and fled back to their boats and hastened away.
- There was an incident where trading Skraelings were driven off because of a bellowing bull.

Origin

From Old Norse Skræling(j)ar (plural).

单词	Skraeling
释义	Definition of Skraeling in English: Skraeling noun ˈskreɪlɪŋ An Inuit or other indigenous inhabitant of Greenland or Vinland (on the north-eastern coast of North America) at the time of early Norse settlement. Example sentencesExamples Many archaeologists believe that the Skraelings mentioned in Viking sagas were actually a group referred to as the Recent Indians. The sagas suggest that the Skraelings retreated, not knowing what to make of her strange behaviour. Schledermann conjectures that these Skraelings may have been at least in part Dorset people. Now this was the way the Skraelings traded: they bore off their wares in their stomachs. The Skraeling, whose vision was best at night, were close to blind in the brilliant light of the morning. It was here that Borneheld, having somehow escaped the Skraelings, intended to make his stand. Some thirty years later, in 1379, the sagas tell of a Skraeling attack on the Eastern Settlement of Greenland. They began to fashion their dwellings after those of the Skraelings and not plunder the earth. The Skraelings were terrified at the sight and fled back to their boats and hastened away. There was an incident where trading Skraelings were driven off because of a bellowing bull. Origin From Old Norse Skræling(j)ar (plural).
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