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- noun Plural form of
knorr .
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• Vikings built fast ships for raiding and war which were known as "dragon-ships" or "longships" while they also had cargo ships called "knorrs".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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• Vikings built fast ships for raiding and war which were known as "dragon-ships" or "longships" while they also had cargo ships called "knorrs".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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People must have known for ages that certain shapes of ship were faster or more manoeuvrable or higher capacity - aren't Viking knorrs the long-distance cargo carrier quite different in shape from the longships?
Cochrane: Britannia’s Sea Wolf, by Donald Thomas. Book review Carla 2008
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