Aug 26, 2016 15:08
7 yrs ago
Norwegian term
Norway
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Swedish to English, Danish to English
sjeg
Norwegian to English
Science
Zoology
birds, antarctic
A name for a bird. The writer is terrible at spelling, so he often writes phonetically.
Ship captain from 1900, speaking riksmaal - but it could easily be a Swedish or Danish term (or even an attempt at English!).
I thought of skjeggefamilien, Capitonidae, but they do not exist in Antarctic regions.
Any ideas?
Ship captain from 1900, speaking riksmaal - but it could easily be a Swedish or Danish term (or even an attempt at English!).
I thought of skjeggefamilien, Capitonidae, but they do not exist in Antarctic regions.
Any ideas?
Proposed translations
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shag
Never seen one, but sure this is it
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "reservation regarding spelling error etc."
12 mins
sheg
I found a bird called European sheg. Perhaps this is it?
Discussion
commonly found on the islands where the text takes place
Maybe he means this one: Antarctic Shag, but it's anyone's guess really.