elg.
elk (moose - Alces alces)
Meaning & usage
elk (moose - Alces alces)
En død elg ble sannsynligvis drept av ulv torsdag! (sentence error in an article by Aftenposten)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse elgr, from Proto-Germanic *elh-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“red, brown”).
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