fiord, fjord
(fjɔəd)
Also 8 fuir, 9 fyord.
[a. Norw. fiord:—ON. fjǫrðr:—prehistoric *ferþu-z.]
A long, narrow arm of the sea, running up between high banks or cliffs, as on the coast of Norway.
| 1674 tr. Scheffer's Lapland 147 Till it comes to Titus-fiord. 1742 Middleton in Phil. Trans. XLII. 167 These Shores have many Inlets or Fuirs. 1818 E. Henderson Iceland I. p. vi, The Faxe Fiord abounds with lava. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xlviii. (1856) 447 Those great indentations known as the Fiords. 1865 Lubbock Preh. Times 81 In the sheltered and shallow fjords of Denmark, the sea is generally calm. |
b. attrib., as fiord-mouth: fiord-like adj.
| 1885 Pall Mall G. 7 May 4/2 Coal Harbour is situated on the same fiordlike Burrard Inlet. 1887 Ibid. 23 Aug. 6/1 Islands..lying in the fjord-mouths. |