Sild

//sɪld// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway wordnet

Etymology

From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.

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