Ancient Word of the Day: Rema

Rema (Shetland Scots)

The mirror-calm surface of the sea on a calm day. A body of water with a surface as smooth as cream. Comes from the Scots word “reyme”, meaning “cream”).

Rjómalogn (Icelandic)

Cream-calm, used to denote profoundly tranquil weather or sea.

Arafin (Welsh)

Calm or slow weather in Welsh.

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blikkstille./ blekkstille (Norwegian)

A sea as still as sheet metal or ink.

Transjø (norwegian)

cod-liver-oil-sea.

Calma Piatta (Italian)

A sea that’s flat calm or dead calm.

Liscio come l’olio (Italian)

As smooth as oil

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3 thoughts on “Ancient Word of the Day: Rema”

I love how everyone has a far beautiful language than we do haha – love Italian, I’ve always wanted to learn but alas, I have no one to practice with!

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Content Catnip says:

April 15, 2021 at 9:26 am

Yeah learning Italian would be amazing, it’s such a beautiful language I agree. Have you tried Duolingo? It’s free and it’s really fun I have learned Polish this way, (my partner he is from Poland) and it really helped me when I met his family. I highly recommend Duolingo if you want to start learning a language. 🙂 Take care mate

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1. manvmusic says:
  
  April 16, 2021 at 3:23 am
  
  ooh yeah, I’ll certainly have a look at that one, thank you!
  
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