Skraeling

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

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  • Skraeling — 1767, Norse name for inhabitants of Greenland encountered by the Viking settlers there, from O.N. Skræingar (pl.), apparently lit. little men (Cf. Icel. skrælna shrink ); another term for them was smair menn. The name may have been used first in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Skraeling — Skræling Skræling (pluriel skrælingar) est le nom que les sagas des Groenlandais et d Erik le Rouge prètent aux populations de la culture de Dorset du Groenland et du Vinland. Il est possible que ce nom fut appliqué à d autres peuples d Amérique… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Skraeling Island — Infobox Islands name = Skraeling Island image caption = image size = locator map custom = native name = native name link = Inuktikut nickname = location = Northern Canada coordinates = coord|78|55|00|N|075|40|000|W|display=inline,title [… …   Wikipedia

  • Skraeling — [ skreɪlɪŋ] noun an indigenous inhabitant of Greenland or NE North America at the time of early Norse settlement. Origin from ON Skræling(j)ar (plural) …   English new terms dictionary

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  • Skræling — (plural skrælingjar) is the name the Norse Greenlanders gave to the Thule people they encountered in Greenland, and perhaps to the late Dorset people; they used the same name for the inhabitants (possibly the ancestors of the later Beothuk) of… …   Wikipedia

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