sjødåp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From sjø +‎ dåp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʃøːˌdoːp/

Noun

sjødåp m (definite singular sjødåpen, uncountable)

1. event or a ritual making a person, who goes through it, into a real fisherman or sailor (in other people's eyes)
2. (folklore) a ritual, when a newborn child being taken on a boat into the sea got to drink sea water from an empty snailshell, with purpose to get along with the sea spirit when this child grows up as a fisherman or sailor