Word origins

• NynorskOne of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.
• NoreA sandbar at the mouth of the River Thames.
• floeA low, flat mass of floating ice.
• graxThe waste left at the end of the whaling process.
• hakapikA hunting implement, a long pole with a pick and hammer on the end, used by sealers to bludgeon seals and drag their carcasses to the sealing boat.
• rorqualAny whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
• saeterA Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
• White IslandAn island of Svalbard, Norway
• wingleTo bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.