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prettygoodwordgravlax - n., ran, thinly sliced, cured salmon seasoned with dill.
Served as an appetizer thingy, usually. Hákarl fanciers take note: it was originally cured by burying it in sand above the high-tide mark -- now it's more of a brine pickling. Arrived in English from either Swedish gravlax or Norwegian gravlaks, both from grav, pit, grave + Swedish lax / Norwegian laks, salmon.
---L.
Served as an appetizer thingy, usually. Hákarl fanciers take note: it was originally cured by burying it in sand above the high-tide mark -- now it's more of a brine pickling. Arrived in English from either Swedish gravlax or Norwegian gravlaks, both from grav, pit, grave + Swedish lax / Norwegian laks, salmon.
---L.
