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Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife. There are hundreds of such ...
This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse ; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin .
Kennings are given for Vetr in chapter 26; "Son of Vindsvalr", "snake's death", and "storm season". Excerpts of works by the skalds Ormr Steinþórsson (who uses the kenning "Vindsvalr's son") and Ásgrímr (who employs the kenning "snake woe") are then given as examples. [8] Both Sumarr and Vetr are given as terms for "times" in chapter 63. [9]
The words Rus and Russia, according to one theory, may be named after the Rus' people, a Norse tribe, probably from present-day east-central Sweden. The current Finnish and Estonian words for Sweden are Ruotsi and Rootsi, respectively. A number of loanwords have been introduced into Irish, many associated with fishing and sailing.
The name Erwin was chosen by the Free University of Berlin, while the storm was named Gudrun by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and was the name used in Sweden. Sustained wind speeds of 126 km/h (78 mph) with wind gusts of 165 km/h (103 mph) were measured in Hanstholm , Denmark – the same strength as a Category 1 hurricane .
Ahead of the 2007 hurricane season, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) introduced a revised set of Hawaiian names for the Central Pacific, after they had worked with the University of Hawaii Hawaiian studies department to ensure the correct meaning and appropriate historical and cultural use of the names. [46]
Cyclone vs. hurricane vs. typhoon: These are all terms used to name the same type of tropical storms, it just depends what ocean the storm is in. In the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Ocean, a storm ...
Hurricane Kristy at peak intensity while over the open Pacific in October 2024. Within the Eastern Pacific Ocean, there are two warning centers that assign names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization when they are judged to have intensified into a tropical storm with winds of at least 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h). [1]