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1 HVALR
(-s, -ar, and -ir), m. whale; skera hval, to flense a whale.* * *m., pl. hvalar, Sks. 180 B; hvala, acc. pl., K. Þ. K. 138; hvalana, Grág. ii. 387; hvala alla, 359; mod. hvalir: [A. S. hwœl; Germ. wall-fisch; Dan. hval]:— a whale, Hým. 21, Rb. 1812. 17, Grág. i. 159, ii. 337: as to the right to claim whales as jetsum, see the law in Grág. and Jb., the Reka-bálkr and the Sagas passim, e. g. Grett. ch. 14,Eb. ch. 57, Háv. ch. 3, Fbr. ch. 9:—there was always a great stir when a whale was driven ashore, flýgr fiskisaga ferr hvalsaga; í hvals líki, Fms. xi. 182, Fas. ii. 131; hvals auki, amber, old Dan. hvals-öky, Sks.; hvals hauss, a whale’s head; hvals ván, expectation of a whale being drifted ashore, Vm. 174; hvals verð, a whale’s value, Grág. ii. 373; hvala blástr, the blowing of a whale; hvala-kváma, arrival of shoals of whales, Eg. 135; hvala-kyn, a species of whale, Sks. 121; in Edda (Gl.) and in Sks. l. c. no less than twenty-five kinds of whales are enumerated and described; hvala-skúfr, whale guts, a nickname, Landn.; hvala-vetr, a winter when many whales were caught, Ann. 1375: in local names, Hvals-á, Hvals-nes, Hval-fjörðr, Hvals-eyrr, Landn. etc.COMPDS: hvalambr, hvalfiskr, hvalfjara, hvalfjós, hvalflutningr, hvalflystri, hvalfundr, hvalföng, hvalgrafir, hvalgæði, hvalgögn, hvaljárn, hvalkaup, hvalkálfr, hvalklippa, hvalkváma, hvallátr, hvalmagi, hvalmál, hvalreið, hvalreki, hvalrekstr, hvalrétti, hvalréttr, hvalrif, hvalró, hvalsaga, hvalskipti, hvalskíð, hvalskurðr, hvalskyti, hvaltaka, hvaltíund, hvalvágr, hvalván, hvalfrón. -
2 HYLDA
(-lda, -ldr), v.1) to cut up (takit þér Högna ok hyldit með knífi);hylda hval, to flense a whale;2) refl., hyldast, to grow fat, get flesh.* * *d, [hold], to slash, N. G. L. i. 381, Am. 55; h. hval, Fms. v. 178 (in a verse).II. reflex. to grow fat, get flesh, K. Þ. K. 130: hyldr, part. fleshy, Grett. 91.
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Flense — Flense, v. t. [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. [1913 Webster] the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flense — [flenchflens] vt. flensed, flensing [< Du vlensen or Dan flense] to cut blubber skin from (a whale, seal, etc.): also flench [flench] … English World dictionary
whale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cetacean; finback; blue, humpback, killer, sperm, sulphur bottom, or right whale; orca, rorqual, narwhal, blackfish, dolphin, porpoise, grampus; Moby Dick; informal, whopper. See size, animal. II… … English dictionary for students
flense — transitive verb (flensed; flensing) Etymology: Dutch flensen or Danish & Norwegian flense Date: 1820 to strip (as a whale) of blubber or skin … New Collegiate Dictionary
flense — flenser, n. /flens/, v.t., flensed, flensing. 1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.). 2. to strip off (blubber or skin). Also, flench /flench/, flinch. [1805 15; < Dan flense or D flensen] * * * … Universalium
flense — [[t]flɛns[/t]] v. t. flensed, flens•ing 1) to strip the blubber or skin from (a whale, seal, etc.) 2) to strip off (blubber or skin) • Etymology: 1805–15; < Dan flense or D flensen flens′er, n … From formal English to slang
flense — v.tr. (also flench, flinch) 1 cut up (a whale or seal). 2 flay (a seal). Etymology: Da. flense: cf. Norw. flinsa, flunsa flay … Useful english dictionary
flense — verb To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. For that reason, among others, he would never evince the particular guantness, the cut and flagrant sense of purpose all compromise and capacity for surrender flensed away which… … Wiktionary
flense — v. cut off the blubber from (seal, whale etc.); flay, skin (also flench) … English contemporary dictionary
flense — [flɛns] (also flench flɛn(t)ʃ, flinch) verb slice the skin or fat from (a carcass, especially that of a whale). Derivatives flenser noun Origin C19: from Dan. flensa … English new terms dictionary
flense — /flɛns/ (say flens) verb (t) (flensed, flensing) 1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.). 2. to strip off (blubber or skin). Also, flench /ˈflɛntʃ/ (say flench), flinch. {Dutch flensen} …
