"longship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: longships [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *langschip, from Old English langscip (“a longship, a large warship”), equivalent to long + ship. Cognate with German Langschiff, Swedish långskepp, Icelandic langskip, Norwegian langskip, Dutch langschip. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*langschip}} Middle English *langschip, {{inh|en|ang|langscip||a longship, a large warship}} Old English langscip (“a longship, a large warship”), {{compound|en|long|ship}} long + ship, {{cog|de|Langschiff}} German Langschiff, {{cog|sv|långskepp}} Swedish långskepp, {{cog|is|langskip}} Icelandic langskip, {{cog|no|langskip}} Norwegian langskip, {{cog|nl|langschip}} Dutch langschip Head templates: {{en-noun}} longship (plural longships)
  1. A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings. Wikipedia link: longship Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: long-ship Translations (type of Viking vessel): դրակար (drakar) (Armenian), langskib [neuter] (Danish), snek [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), langschip [neuter] (Dutch), langskip [neuter] (Faroese), pitkävene (Finnish), viikinkilaiva (Finnish), drakkar [masculine] (French), Langschiff [neuter] (German), ντράκαρ (ntrákar) [neuter] (Greek), אֳנִיָּה אֲרֻכָּה (oniyah arukah) [feminine] (Hebrew), hosszúhajó (Hungarian), langskip [neuter] (Icelandic), drakar [masculine] (Italian), drakkar [masculine] (Italian), ロングシップ (rongushippu) (Japanese), 랑스킵 (rangseukip) (Korean), ceola (Latin), drakaras [masculine] (Lithuanian), birling [feminine] (Manx), langskip [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), langskip [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dracar [masculine] (Portuguese), дракка́р (drakkár) [masculine] (Russian), ладья́ (ladʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), drakkar [masculine] (Spanish), långskepp [neuter] (Swedish), uzun gemi (Turkish)

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