"Skraeling" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/
Etymology: After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|non|skrælingi}} Old Norse skrælingi Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Skraeling
  1. (linguistics) A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian). Categories (topical): Linguistics, Extinct languages
    Sense id: en-Skraeling-en-name-X4i7YBtc Disambiguation of Extinct languages: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skraeling, Scraeling, scraeling, Skræling

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/ Forms: Skraelings [plural]
Etymology: After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|non|skrælingi}} Old Norse skrælingi Head templates: {{en-noun}} Skraeling (plural Skraelings)
  1. (historical, ethnology) A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians. Tags: historical Related terms: Vinland Translations (member of a race): skrælling [common-gender] (Danish), skräling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Skraeling-en-noun-hObgNjdI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Topics: anthropology, ethnology, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skraeling, Scraeling, scraeling, Skræling

Inflected forms

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