skrælingi

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) barbarian
 * 2)  Greenlander, person from Greenland

Etymology
. There are several suggested origins:
 * Derived from an unattested adjective, compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬;
 * Michael Fortescue et al. (1994) propose relation to, in reference to the animal pelts worn by the Inuit;
 * May be linked to ;
 * Onomatopoeic origin has been proposed by William Thalbitzer (1932), compare.

Noun

 * 1) A native of Greenland or Vinland.
 * 2) * Eiríks saga rauða (1265 or earlier), text from the 14th-century Hauksbók manuscript, ch. 12:
 * "non"

- [manuscript spelling] Þat bar til ad gridungr liop or skoge er þeir karlsefni attu ok gellr hat. þat felast vid skrelingar ok laupa vt a keipana ok ʀeru sidan sudr fyri landit. verdr þa ekki uart uid þa þríar uikur i samt. [standardized spelling] Þat bar til, at griðungr hljóp ór skógi, er þeir Karlsefni áttu, ok gellr hátt. Þetta fælast skrælingar ok hlaupa út á keipana ok reru síðan suðr fyrir landit. Verðr þá ekki vart við þá þrjár vikur í samt.