mareld

Swedish

Etymology

From mar- (“sea”) +‎ eld (“fire”). Compare Icelandic maurildi, Faroese mureldur, English mareel.

Noun

mareld c

(nautical) blue/white phosphorescence in seawater (believed to be bioluminescence); milky seas, mareel

Declension

Declension of mareld
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mareld	marelden	mareldar	mareldarna
Genitive	marelds	mareldens	mareldars	mareldarnas

References

mareld in Svensk ordbok (SO)
mareld in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
mareld in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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