mareel

noun /ˈmɑːɹiːl/

1. Seafire, phosphorescence on the ocean, especially around the Shetland Islands.

   uncountable

   […] as bright As the sheenin' mareel o' the sea.

Where it comes from

From an unattested Norn term *mareld, from Old Norse mǫrueldr, from marr (“sea”) + eldr (“fire”). Compare Icelandic maurildi, Swedish mareld.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mareel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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