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longship

noun

longship

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English *langschip, from Old English langsċip (“a longship, a large warship”), equivalent to long + ship. Cognate with German Langschiff, German Low German Langschipp, Icelandic langskip, Norwegian Bokmål langskip, Norwegian Nynorsk langskip, Dutch langschip.

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A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.