Meanings
nounfjord horse (plural fjord horses)
plural fjord horses
- a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway.
Origin
Probably an anglicisation of Norwegian fjordhest.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish fjordhest, nordbagge
- fjordhestfjord horse
- nordbaggefjord horse
Norwegian Bokmål fjordhest, fjording
- fjordhestfjord horse
- fjordingfjord horse
- vestlandshestfjord horse
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