Skraeling

Etymology

After Old Norse Skrælingar, the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland.

Full definition of Skraeling

Noun

1. A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.

Proper noun

1. A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).