"Helluland" meaning in Old Norse

See Helluland in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”). Coined by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE Etymology templates: {{compound|non|hella|land|gloss1=flat stone|gloss2=land}} hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”), {{coin|non|Leif Erikson|in=c. 1000 CE}} Coined by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|tr=}} Helluland n, {{non-proper noun|n}} Helluland n
  1. Helluland: Baffin Island (an island in Nunavut, Canada, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Islands, Places in Canada, Places in Nunavut
    Sense id: en-Helluland-non-name-yllaWqrT Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header

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