grønlandssel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrœnlɑnˌseːl/

Noun

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.

References

• “grønlandssel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.