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List Of English Words Of Swedish Origin
This is a list of English words borrowed from the Swedish language. * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" * fartlek, "endurance training in which a runner alternates periods of sprinting with periods of jogging" * gantelope, "gauntlet" * glogg, "a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink" * gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" * gyttja, "a lacustrine mud containing abundant organic material" * lek, "an assembly area where animals (such as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior" * lingonberry, "(or better: linberry, since the sw. suffix means berry) a low-growing, evergreen shrub (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) of cooler, northern regions of North America and Europe that has leathery, oval leaves, white or light pink, bell-shaped, nodding flowers and red berries and is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, accent, and intonation. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skarn
Skarns or tactites are hard, coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by a process called metasomatism. Skarns tend to be rich in calcium-magnesium-iron-manganese-aluminium silicate minerals, which are also referred to as calc-silicate minerals.Ray, G.E., and Webster, I.C.L. (1991): An Overview of Skarn Deposits; in Ore Deposits, Tectonics and Metallogeny in the Canadian Cordillera; McMillan, W.J., compiler, B. C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991-4, pages 213-252.Meinert, L.D., 1992. Skarns and Skarn Deposits; Geoscience Canada, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 145-162.Hammarstrom, J.M., Kotlyar, B.B., Theodore, T.G., Elliott, J.E., John, D.A., Doebrich, J.L., Nash, J.T., Carlson, R.R., Lee, G.K., Livo, K.E., Klein, D.P., 1995. Cu, Au, and Zn-Pb Skarn Deposits, Chapter 12; United States Geological Survey: Preliminary Compilation of Descriptive Geoenvironmental Mineral Deposit Models: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0831/CHAP12.pdf. These minerals form as a res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of English Words Of International Origin
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin. * English words of African origin *List of English words of Afrikaans origin **List of South African English regionalisms **List of South African slang words * List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas *List of English words of Arabic origin **List of Arabic star names *List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin *List of English words of Brittonic origin *Lists of English words of Celtic origin *List of English words of Chinese origin *List of English words of Czech origin * List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) *List of English words of Dutch origin **List of English words of Afrikaans origin **List of South African slang words **List of place names of Dutch origin **Australian places wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Of Scandinavian Origin
This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin. English words of Scandinavian origin * cog * wikt:cosy *flounder * hug * lug *scree * snug *torsk, "codfish" *wicker English words of Danish origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" *fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * scrike, "shriek" *torsk, "codfish" *husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish. Source: Kasper English words of Norwegian origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" * brisling, "sprat" *fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" *gravlax, "salmon cured especi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Of Danish Origin
This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin. English words of Scandinavian origin * cog * wikt:cosy * flounder *hug * lug *scree * snug *torsk, "codfish" * wicker English words of Danish origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" *fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * scrike, "shriek" *torsk, "codfish" * husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish. Source: Kasper English words of Norwegian origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" * brisling, "sprat" *fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" *gravlax, "salmon cured espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Of Norwegian Origin
This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin. English words of Scandinavian origin * cog * wikt:cosy *flounder *hug * lug *scree * snug *torsk, "codfish" *wicker English words of Danish origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" *fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * scrike, "shriek" *torsk, "codfish" *husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish. Source: Kasper English words of Norwegian origin * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" * brisling, "sprat" *fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" * floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" *gravlax, "salmon cured especia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Of Old Norse Origin
Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as ''egg'' or ''knife''. There are hundreds of such words, and the list below does not aim at completeness. To be distinguished from loan words which date back to the Old English period are modern Old Norse loans originating in the context of Old Norse philology, such as ''kenning'' (1871), and loans from modern Icelandic (such as ''geyser'', 1781). Yet another class comprises loans from Old Norse into Old French, which via Anglo-Norman were then indirectly loaned into Middle English; an example is ''flâneur'', via French from the Old Norse verb ''flana'' "to wander aimlessly". A ; ado: influenced by Norse "at" ("to", infinitive marker) which was used with English "do" in certain E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varve
A varve is an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock. The word 'varve' derives from the Swedish word ''varv'' whose meanings and connotations include 'revolution', 'in layers', and 'circle'. The term first appeared as ''Hvarfig lera'' (varved clay) on the first map produced by the Geological Survey of Sweden in 1862. Initially, "varve" referred to each of the separate components comprising a single annual layer in glacial lake sediments, but at the 1910 Geological Congress, the Swedish geologist Gerard De Geer (1858–1943) proposed a new formal definition, where varve means the whole of any annual sedimentary layer. More recently introduced terms such as 'annually laminated' are synonymous with varve. Of the many rhythmites in the geological record, varves are one of the most important and illuminating in studies of past climate change. Varves are amongst the smallest-scale events recognised in stratigraphy. An annual layer can be highly visible because the particles wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungsten
Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isolated as a metal in 1783. Its important ores include scheelite and wolframite, the latter lending the element its alternate name. The free element is remarkable for its robustness, especially the fact that it has the highest melting point of all known elements barring carbon (which sublimes at normal pressure), melting at . It also has the highest boiling point, at . Its density is , comparable with that of uranium and gold, and much higher (about 1.7 times) than that of lead. Polycrystalline tungsten is an intrinsically brittle and hard material (under standard conditions, when uncombined), making it difficult to work. However, pure single-crystalline tungsten is more ductile and can be cut with a hard-steel hacksaw. Tungsten occurs in many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codfish
Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not called cod (Alaska pollock, ''Gadus chalcogrammus''). The two most common species of cod are the Atlantic cod (''Gadus morhua''), which lives in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the North Atlantic, and the Pacific cod (''Gadus macrocephalus''), found in both eastern and western regions of the northern Pacific. ''Gadus morhua'' was named by Linnaeus in 1758. (However, ''G. morhua callarias'', a low-salinity, nonmigratory race restricted to parts of the Baltic, was originally described as ''Gadus callarias'' by Linnaeus.) Cod is popular as a food with a mild flavour and a dense, flaky, white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, a common source of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strömming
Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schooling, schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, including the Baltic Sea, as well as off the west coast of South America. Three species of ''Clupea'' (the type genus of the herring family Clupeidae) are recognised, and comprise about 90% of all herrings captured in fisheries. The most abundant of these species is the Atlantic herring, which comprises over half of all herring capture. Fish called herring are also found in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal. Herring played an important role in the history of marine fisheries in Europe, and early in the 20th century, their study was fundamental to the development of fisheries science. These oily fish also have a long history as an important food fish, and are often salted fish, salt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
