grindkval
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editCalque of Faroese grindahvalur.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrindkval m (definite singular grindkvalen, indefinite plural grindkvalar, definite plural grindkvalane)
- a pilot whale, specifically long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- 1923, Hans Reynolds, Færøyarne - hjaa gamalt norskt folk:
- Men for Færøyingen er det ein Beste-Rett, og han stundar etter Grindkvalen, som mesta kvart Aaret i Juli og August søkjer under Land i Flokketal, i hundradvis […]
- But for the Faroe Islanders it is a delicacy, and they long for the pilot whale, which nearly every year in July and August, comes close to land in herds, in their hundreds […]
References
edit- “grindkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.