any Nordic watchers out there?

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i have a question for anyone who might know anything about Nordic languages 
im writing a back story for a character and i was looking for a norse word for "outsider" when i came across the word 
"Skræling" 
no what i want to ask is , is that word considered offensive? 
the wikipedia page states that  "is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the indigenous peoples they encountered in North America and Greenland"
and i worry that it could be taken in the same way that some people would use the term "red skins" as an insult

is this word offensive ? and if so can you suggest a suitable alternative?
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