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fiord, fjord|fjɔəd|
Also 8 fuir, 9 fyord.
[a. Norw. fiord:—ON. fjǫrðr:—prehistoric *ferþu-z.]
A long, narrow arm of the sea, running up between high banks or cliffs, as on the coast of Norway.
1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland 147 Till it comes to Titus-fiord. 1742Middleton in Phil. Trans. XLII. 167 These Shores have many Inlets or Fuirs. 1818E. Henderson Iceland I. p. vi, The Faxe Fiord abounds with lava. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xlviii. (1856) 447 Those great indentations known as the Fiords. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times 81 In the sheltered and shallow fjords of Denmark, the sea is generally calm.
b. attrib., as fiord-mouth: fiord-like adj.
1885Pall Mall G. 7 May 4/2 Coal Harbour is situated on the same fiordlike Burrard Inlet. 1887Ibid. 23 Aug. 6/1 Islands..lying in the fjord-mouths. |