tarn

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I pulled them in the tarn -- where it flows out into the fiord.

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  1. noun A small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers.

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  1. Middle English tarne, of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. Also tairn (Scots); from Middle English tarne, terne = Icelandic tjörn, tjarn = Swedish dial. tjärn, tärn = Norwegian tjörn, etc. (Aasen), a tarn.
 

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