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  • noun A Norwegian delicacy consisting of raw trout fermented after being packed moist with salt.

Etymologies

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Norwegian rakfisk

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Examples

  • Anders left for the rakfisk festival in Valdres on Friday, and I spent Friday evening in psal helping the students to pack.

    Skydiving weekend :-) magnio 2006

  • Besides waffles, whale, gammelmost ( "old cheese"), rakfisk ( "rotten fish"), reindeer heart, the aforementioned moose, and every type of rommergrot or porridge imaginable, the star of Norway would have to be cod, right?

    PopMatters 2009

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