Fiord
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of fjord. New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative
"At last one gave a deep groan, and another declared that the spirits of the fiord were against them, and there was no doubt that their boat was now lying twenty fathoms deep, at the bottom of the creek; drawn down by the strong hand of an angry water-spirit. [...] Another said he would not go till he had looked abroad over the fiord, for some chance of seeing the boat."
- 2 a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway wordnet
Example
More examples"At last one gave a deep groan, and another declared that the spirits of the fiord were against them, and there was no doubt that their boat was now lying twenty fathoms deep, at the bottom of the creek; drawn down by the strong hand of an angry water-spirit. [...] Another said he would not go till he had looked abroad over the fiord, for some chance of seeing the boat."
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