Etymology

skraeling

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Today it means: A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians. Full definition →

Old Norse skrælingi
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  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromskrælingi
  2. English todaySkraeling

After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.