brismak

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brismak

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Ultimately from Old Norse brosma, compare dialectal Norwegian bresma; ultimately related to English bream, which see for more.

noun brismaks

Orkney, Shetland Synonym of cusk (“type of fish”). The Torsk it seems, from his account, or as it is called in the Shetlands, Tusk and Brismak, is a northern fish, which as yet has not been discovered lower to the southward than the Orknies, and is even rather scarce there.
Similar: cusk

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@misc{brismak_2026,
  title = {brismak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brismak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}