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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Scandinavian.

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Examples

  • A number of other agreements are also in effect in the area, notably a five-party agreement among the coastal states in the Northeast Atlantic to manage Atlanto-Scandian herring [55].

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009

  • This extraordinary herring fishery ended with a collapse of the Atlanto-Scandian herring complex during the late 1960s due to overexploitation of both adults and juveniles.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

  • Famed was this Beowulf: 1 far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • Famed was this Beowulf: 1 far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.

    Beowulf 2003

  • Famed was this Beowulf: 1 far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • The Scandian reached out for the smaller man with a huge right hand and grabbed him by the shoulder.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • The Scandian official's look darted from Gerswin to the older looking and uniformed officer.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • The sunbeams played across the weave of the Scandian carpet he had bought for her, illuminating the soft golds and browns in the silence.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • So now he sat in a rear seat in a Scandian shuttle as it dropped toward the port below.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • He sensed the nose lifting into a slight flare as the shuttle came out of the port turn, and he imagined the view as the pilot centered in on the landing grids, stark black against the winter white of the Scandian hills.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

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