solan

[ soh-luhn ]

noun

1. a gannet.

solan

/ ˈsəʊlən /

noun

1. an archaic name for the gannet

Word History and Origins

Origin of solan¹

1400–50; late Middle English soland < Old Norse sūla gannet + ǫnd duck

Word History and Origins

Origin of solan¹

C15 soland, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse sūla gannet, ōnd duck

Example Sentences

Yonder, where the gulls are screaming and diving, with here and there a solan goose and a cormorant in the midst of the flock, must be a patch of the smaller fry.

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It might be a diver or a solan goose with outspread wings, but it looked too large.

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It pastures a few sheep, and is a great breeding-place of solan geese.

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We will feel the fresh wind blowing in the canvas, and the salt spindrift in our faces, and the boat going as if she were a solan flying for the rock.”

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The voice of him was like a solan’s and dinnled in folk’s lugs, and the words of him like coals of fire.

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