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)
- the 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)
- the European sprat or brisling (Sprattus sprattus)
References
- “brisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.