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)

a harp seal, (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
- 1937, Åsmund Sveen (translator, original author Sigvard Malmberg), 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.

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