I believe that it is similiar to why Harald is called
Blue Tooth. Every culture has a slightly different
value associated with its colour words.
Steps back to letthe experts finish.
Ambros
--- Andreas Zautner <andreas.zautner@...> wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> Can somebody tell me why native Africans are called
> bl�ma�r in old Norse!
>
> Thanks
> Andreas
>
>

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