Skraelingn.

/ˈskreɪlɪŋ/

Forms: Also † Schrelling, Skrelling, Skrælling, etc.; Skræling.

Etymology: < Old Norse Skræling(j)ar plural, the Norse name for the inhabitants of Greenland at the time of the Norse settlement.

Scandinavian History.

A member of a people encountered by early Norse settlers on Greenland, of uncertain origin but often considered to be of Inuit descent. Also: an inhabitant of Vinland (sometimes identified with the north-eastern coast of North America). Usually plural.

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Eskimo1584

Inuit1745

Skraeling1767

Inuk1876

Yuit1881

Copper Eskimo1884

Netsilik1884

Netsilingmiut1885

Caribou Eskimo1920

Eskimoid1930

Nunamiut1951

Inupiaq1957

Yupik1977

1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. iii. i. 132 The Greenlanders call themselves..Innuit... The Icelanders, who many hundred years ago discovered..this country and the neighbouring coasts of America, called them in form Skrællings, because they are little of stature.

1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 129/2 This nation, called Schrellings, at length prevailed against the Iceland settlers who inhabited the western district [of Greenland].

1860 M. Reid Odd People 87 Whatever, therefore, may be said of a ‘Schelling’ [sic], or native Greenlander, will be equally applicable to an Esquimaux of Labrador.

1860 M. Reid Odd People 92 The Danish and Norwegian colonists of West Greenland, though backed by constant intercourse with their mother-land, are but little more civilized than the ‘Skellings’ [sic], who are their neighbours.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 706/2 They had some intercourse..with a people who came in leathern boats, and were called Skrælings, from their dwarfish size... The Skrælings were of course Esquimaux... The hostilities of the Skrælings was no doubt the principal cause of the abandonment of the colony [of Vinland].

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 316/1 The settlers were attacked by Skrellings or Eskimo, who overran the West Bygd in 1349.

1891 R. Kipling in Contemp. Rev. July 21 He..said:—‘When they heard our bulls bellow the Skrælings ran away!’

1921 G. M. Gathorne-Hardy Norse Discoverers of Amer. ii. iv. 172 In so far..as the descriptions of the Skrælings of Wineland are realistic, and differ materially from anything which can have been derived from Eskimo sources, these descriptions form probably the most convincing proof of the historical accuracy of these stories.

1979 N. Davies Voyagers to New World 227 When spring came the skraelings once more appeared.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skraeling
释义	Skraelingn. /ˈskreɪlɪŋ/ Forms: Also † Schrelling, Skrelling, Skrælling, etc.; Skræling. Etymology: < Old Norse Skræling(j)ar plural, the Norse name for the inhabitants of Greenland at the time of the Norse settlement. Scandinavian History. A member of a people encountered by early Norse settlers on Greenland, of uncertain origin but often considered to be of Inuit descent. Also: an inhabitant of Vinland (sometimes identified with the north-eastern coast of North America). Usually plural. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [noun] Eskimo1584 Inuit1745 Skraeling1767 Inuk1876 Yuit1881 Copper Eskimo1884 Netsilik1884 Netsilingmiut1885 Caribou Eskimo1920 Eskimoid1930 Nunamiut1951 Inupiaq1957 Yupik1977 1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. iii. i. 132 The Greenlanders call themselves..Innuit... The Icelanders, who many hundred years ago discovered..this country and the neighbouring coasts of America, called them in form Skrællings, because they are little of stature. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 129/2 This nation, called Schrellings, at length prevailed against the Iceland settlers who inhabited the western district [of Greenland]. 1860 M. Reid Odd People 87 Whatever, therefore, may be said of a ‘Schelling’ [sic], or native Greenlander, will be equally applicable to an Esquimaux of Labrador. 1860 M. Reid Odd People 92 The Danish and Norwegian colonists of West Greenland, though backed by constant intercourse with their mother-land, are but little more civilized than the ‘Skellings’ [sic], who are their neighbours. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 706/2 They had some intercourse..with a people who came in leathern boats, and were called Skrælings, from their dwarfish size... The Skrælings were of course Esquimaux... The hostilities of the Skrælings was no doubt the principal cause of the abandonment of the colony [of Vinland]. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 316/1 The settlers were attacked by Skrellings or Eskimo, who overran the West Bygd in 1349. 1891 R. Kipling in Contemp. Rev. July 21 He..said:—‘When they heard our bulls bellow the Skrælings ran away!’ 1921 G. M. Gathorne-Hardy Norse Discoverers of Amer. ii. iv. 172 In so far..as the descriptions of the Skrælings of Wineland are realistic, and differ materially from anything which can have been derived from Eskimo sources, these descriptions form probably the most convincing proof of the historical accuracy of these stories. 1979 N. Davies Voyagers to New World 227 When spring came the skraelings once more appeared. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767
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