Knarr

//nɔːɹ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings. historical

    "Mogens and Morten followed him on the two knarrs, but behind them to the north two other ships could be sighted."

  2. 2
    A type of modern long-keeled sailing boat.

    "This summer, one of these Knarrs is being delivered to Johannes Westergaard of New York, and another to Gerhard Lorenz of the Grosse Isle Yacht Club, Michigan."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"Mogens and Morten followed him on the two knarrs, but behind them to the north two other ships could be sighted."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old Norse knǫrr (“merchant ship”).

Etymology 2

From the German surname used as a nickname for a hunchback, from knorr (“lump”), which is cognate with knar (“lump, tree knot”).

Related phrases

merchant ship

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