See Also: vaagmer(medicine)

Skraeling (iou) and vaagmer (medicine)


Skraeling (iou)



Skraeling noun. M18.

Hist. A member of a people prob. of Eskimo origin, inhabiting Greenland at the time of early Norse settlement. Also, any of the inhabitants of Vinland (sometimes identified with the NE coast of N. America) as described by early Norse colonists.

vaagmer (medicine)


vaagmer
<zoology> The dealfish.

Alternative forms: vaagmaer, and vaagmar.

Origin: Icel. Vagmeri a kind of flounder, literally, wave mare.

Source: Websters Dictionary