brisling

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brisling

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From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

noun brislings · brisling

A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.

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@misc{brisling_2026,
  title = {brisling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brisling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}