skaw

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noun a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt

Of North Germanic origin, from Icelandic skagi (“peninsula, promontory”). Also related to Icelandic skaga (“to protrude, to jut out”).

Not one single harbour of refuge can be found between Esbjerg and the Skaw. — Denmark, M. Pearson Thomson
DEPARTURE FROM CHRISTIANSAND--THE PILOT'S PRAM--SKAW POINT--DELINQUENCIES OF JACKO--EXPENSIVE CANNONADING --ELSINEUR--HAMLET'S WALK--THE MINISTER, STRUENSEE-- STORY OF QUEEN CAROLINE-MATILDA--LEGEND OF THE SERF. — A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden: 2nd edition, William A. Ross
“I ship mineselfs tomorrow, see, “Und round the Skaw we go, “South, down the Cattegat, by Hjelm, “To Besser in Saro.” When love rejected turns to hate, All ill betide the man. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

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