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WordsofOldNorseoriginthathaveenteredtheEnglishlanguage,primarilyfromthecolonisationof easternandnorthernEnglandbetween8001000CE.OldNorse(abbreviatedindictionariesasO.N.) existedinitsspokenandwrittenformfromc.100CE,untilitsspreadfromtheNordicregionto coloniesasfarwestasGreenlandandfareastasRussiaandtheBalticregion(spokenbySwedish settlers).ThelanguagedivergedintoWestNorse(Norway,FaroeIslands,Iceland,andGreenland)and EastNorse(DenmarkandSweden).WithsomeminorregionalvariationsinloanwordsbothWest NorseandEastNorseareessentiallythesame.TheVikingswhoinvadedorsettledinGreatBritain camemainlyfromNorwayandDenmark. A ado influencedbyNorse"at"("to")whichwasusedwithEnglish"do"incertainEnglishdialects aloft ("=in,on,to")+lopt("=air,atmosphere,sky,heaven,upperfloor,loft") Englishprovenance=c1200CE anger angr("=trouble,affliction")rootang(="strait,straitened,troubled")relatedtoanga,plural ngur(="straits,anguish") Englishprovenance=c1250CE awe agi("=terror") Englishprovenance=c1205CE(asae,anearlyformofthewordresultingfromtheinfluence ofOldNorseonanexistingAngloSaxonform,ee) awkward thefirstelementisfromOldNorsefugr("=turnedbackward"),the'ward'partisfromOld Englishweard axle xl("=oxtree") B bag baggi bairn barn(="child") bait beita bark brkr bask baaskreflex.ofbaa"bathe"(baast,baasig) berserk berserkr,lit.'bearshirt',(alt.berrserkr,'bareshirt')frenziedwarriors billow bylgja birth
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byrr blunder blundra(="shutone'seye") both bir bulk bulki bulk blkr bull boli bylaw blg('b'=village'lg'=law'villagelaw') C call kalla(="cryloudly") cast kasta(="tothrow") club klubba(="cudgel") crawl krafla(="toclaw") D die deyja(="passaway") dirt drit(="feces") dregs dregg(="sediment") E egg egg equip skipa(=toputtogether,ortoreadyaship)(throughFrench) F flit flytja G game gaman,O.H.G.gaman"joy,glee", garth garr(="garden") gawk fromMiddleEnglishgawen,fromOldNorseg(="toheed") get
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geta,gat(>got),gittan(>gotten) geyser fromIcelandicgeysir,fromOldNorsegeysa(="togush") gift gift(="dowry") girth gjr give gefa gosling gslingr"(="goose") guest gestr gun fromOldNorseGunnhildr(femalename,bothelementsofthename,gunnandhildr,havethe meaning"war,battle"). gust gustr H hack hggva(="hew") haggle haggen(="tochop") Hell maybeinpartfromOldNorseHel,thedaughterofLokiandruleroftheunderworldinNorse mythology hit hitta(="tofind") husband hsbndi(="masterofthehouse") I ill illr(="bad") K knife knfr knot kntr L lad ladd(="youngman") lathe
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hlaa(="toload") law lagu leg leggr litmus litmose(="lichenfordying",lita="tostain") loose lauss(="loose/free") low lagr M mire myrr(='bog') mistake mistaka(="miscarry") muck myki(="cowdung") mug mugge N Norman,Normandy fromOldNorsethroughOldFrench,meaning"northman",duetoVikingsettlementin Normandyregion O oaf lfr(="elf") odd oddi(="thirdnumber","thecastingvote") P plough&plow plgr R Ragnark "DoomoftheGods"or"DestinyoftheGods",fromNorsemythology&ONwordofsame meaning,composedofwordsragna,genitiveof"thegreatpowers"(regin),andrk(laterrk) "destiny,doom,fate,end".Oftenerroneouslyrendered"TwilightoftheGods"afterRichard Wagner'soperaGtterdmmerung,basedonthemythologicalevent. raft raptr(="log") raise
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reisa ransack rannsaka(="tosearchthoroughly") reindeer hreindr rive rifa root rot S saga saga(="story,tale") sale sala scare skirra(="tofrighten) scarf skarfr(="fasteningjoint")(interestingly,"scarf"and"scarves"havebeenreintroducedto modernSwedishintheirEnglishforms) scathe skaa(="tohurt,injure") score skor(='notch''twenty') scrape skrapa(="toscrape,erase") scrap skrap(="scraps,trifles")fromskrapa seem sma(="conform") scale (forweighing)fromskl(="bowl,drinkingcup",orinplural"weighingscale"referringtothe cuporpanpartofabalance)inearlyEnglishusedtomean"cup" shirt skyrta(="shirt")seealsoskirt skate skata(="fish") skid probablyfromorrelatedtoOldNorsesk(="stickofwood")andrelatedto"ski"(="stickof wood",orinthissense"snowshoe") skill skil(="distinction") skin skinn(="animalhide") skip skopa(="toskip,run) skirt skyrta(="shirt") sky sky(='cloud') slaughter slahtr(="butchering") sleight slg
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sleuth sl(="trail") snub snubba(="tocurse") stagger stakra(="topush") steak steik,steikja(="tofry") T take taka tarn tjrn,tjarn their eirra they eir thorpe orp thrall rll thrift rift(="prosperity") troll troll(ofdisputedetymology) U ugly uggligr(="dreadful") W wand vndr(="rod") want vanta(="tolack") weak veikr whirl hvirfla(="togoaround") whisk viska(="toplait") wight vigr(="ableinbattle")Theotherwightmeaning"man"isfromOldEnglish. window vindauga(="windeye")AlthoughgluggiwasmorecommonlyusedinOldNorse.
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wing vngr

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