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birlinn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
bir-linn
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn, from Old Norse byrðingr.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bìrlinn, byrðingr

Inflected Forms

birlinns (plural) berling (alternative) birling (alternative)

Questions

What does birlinn mean?
A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.
Where does birlinn come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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