brisling

English

Etymology

From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling.

Noun

brisling (plural brislings or brisling)

A sprat (small herring)

Anagrams

birlings

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German bretling.

Noun

brisling m (definite singular brislingen, indefinite plural brislinger, definite plural brislingene)

a European sprat or brisling (Sprattus sprattus)

References

“brisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German bretling.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²brɪslɪŋ/

Noun

brisling m (definite singular brislingen, indefinite plural brislingar, definite plural brislingane)

a European sprat or brisling (Sprattus sprattus)

References

“brisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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