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• bag (bag actually came into English from Old Norse, and has in latter years again become a Norwegian word, taken from English, after having been a forgotten word)
• cog
• fjord
• floe (as in ice floe)
• husband
• iceberg
• krakenThe kraken is a supposed sea monster of vast size, said to have been seen off the coast of Norway and Iceland. An early description was by Erik Pontopiddan, bishop of Bergen, in his Natural History of Norway ( 1755) but the name can be traced to the end o
• krillKrill is the Norwegian word for whale food. It is also used as synonym for euphausiids, which are shrimp-like marine invertebrates, important organisms of the plankton ( zooplankton). In the literal sense krill is used as common name for the most spectacu
• lemmingSee also: Lemmings (computer game Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic. Together with the voles and muskrats, they make up the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known a
• nudge
• rigIn Norse mythology, see Rig. In Hinduism, see Rig Veda. In abstract algebra, see Rig (algebra). Rigging is the arrangement of sails on a sailing vessel. (as in a ship's "riggings")
• siltSilt refers to soil or rock particles of a certain very small size range (see grain size). On the Wentworth scale, silt particles fall between 0. 063 mm (4 62. 5 μm), larger than clay but smaller than a sand. In actuality, silt is chemically distinct f
• ski
• slalomSlalom refers to a sport in which participants attempt to complete a course, in the fastest time, while passing through marked channels known as gates. Missing gates normally incurs a time penalty. The word slalom origins from the Norwegian word slalam: "
• walrusrosmarus rosmarus ''O. rosmarus divergens Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The two subspecies are the Atlantic, Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus and the Pacific, Odobenus rosmarus divergens''.

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