Note 96 — Chapter XVIII · HANS EGEDE AND DANISH GREENLAND
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Hans Egede made out half a dozen words to be common to Eskimos and Norsemen. Quan, the word for angelica, is nearly the same in both languages. In Eskimo Kona is a woman, in Norse Kone; in Eskimo Nerriok to eat, in Norse Naere; Nise, the word for porpoise, is the same in both languages. Ashes is Asket in Eskimo, in Norse Aske. In Eskimo a lamp is Kollek, in Norse Kolle.