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Talk: List of English words of Scandinavian origin. ... Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version
aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [1] fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" [2] flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [3] Ombudsman, “Ombudsmand” Window, “vindue” scrike, "shriek" [4] torsk, "codfish" [5] husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish ...
From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blautr (="soaked, soft from being cooked in liquid") [27] bloom "blossom of a plant," c. 1200, a northern word, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blomi "flower, blossom". [28] blunder blundra (="shut one's eye") [29] boast Probably from a Scandinavian source via Anglo-French [30] bole
This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators , the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.
Many historians assume the terms beorm and bjarm to derive from the Uralic word perm, which refers to "travelling merchants" and represents the Old Permic culture. [4] Bjarneyjar "Bear islands". Possibly Disko Island off Greenland. [5] blakumen or blökumenn Romanians or Cumans. Blokumannaland may be the lands south of the Lower Danube. Bót
allvarlig - serious; andra - others; anledning - reason; ansikte - face; år - year; arbete - work; barn - child/kid; berättelse - story; bil - car; bok - book
The letters c , q , w , x and z are not used in the spelling of indigenous words. They are rarely used in Norwegian, where loan words routinely have their orthography adapted to the native sound system. Conversely, Danish has a greater tendency to preserve loan words' original spellings.
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