knarr 1

noundomain: artefact
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a type of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings, constructed using the same clinker-built method as longships, karves, and faerings.

  • 1.Knerrir routinely crossed the North Atlantic carrying livestock such as sheep and horses, and stores to Norse settlements in Iceland, Greenland and Vinland as well as trading goods to trading posts in the British Isles, Continental Europe and possibly the Middle East.

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