knorr

See also: Knorr, knörr, knǫrr, and knørr

English

Noun

knorr (plural knorrs)

  1. Alternative form of knarr (“large merchant ship used in mediaeval Scandinavia”)
    • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 29:
      the largest knorr in Halogaland was loaded at Sandnes this spring and Thorolf was said to be sole owner of all the cargo on board.
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