fiord
noun
Early Modern English
Meaning
a long narrow inlet of the sea between high cliffs. tree →
Then and now
An old spelling of fjord, which is how we write it today.
Examples
- The following spring Andras happened to be driving his reindeer along a great fiord to the west of Vadso. (The Orange Fairy Book) tree →
- Then he died; and Andras sailed in his boat away across the fiord and found the dog and boy. (The Orange Fairy Book) tree →
- 'Promise that you will give me an honourable burial, and when my body is laid in the grave go in my boat across the fiord, and take whatever you find in my house which belongs to me. (The Orange Fairy Book) tree →
Note
Today: fjord.
On Mova
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