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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 .
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 ...
English Translation: Old Norwegian ᚾ Nauðr gerer næppa koste; nøktan kælr í froste. Constraint gives scant choice; a naked man is chilled by the frost. Old Icelandic ᚾ Nauð er Þýjar þrá ok þungr kostr ok vássamlig verk. opera niflungr. Constraint is grief of the bond-maid and state of oppression and toilsome work. Anglo-Saxon
Old English and Old Norse were related languages. It is therefore not surprising that many words in Old Norse look familiar to English speakers; e.g., armr (arm), fótr (foot), land (land), fullr (full), hanga (to hang), standa (to stand). This is because both English and Old Norse stem from a Proto-Germanic mother language.
A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character ...
A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (Danish: Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog), abbreviated as ONP, is a dictionary of the vocabulary attested in medieval West Scandinavian prose texts. [1] The dictionary is funded through the Arnamagnæan Commission and is based in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen ...
The modern English term "Æsir" is derived from the plural Old Norse term æsir, the singular of which is áss. [1] In Old English , the term used is the cognate ōs ( pl. ēse ) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In continental West Germanic languages, the word is only attested in personal and place names such as Ansila, Ansgeir and Anshram. [ 2 ]
English Translation: Old Norwegian Hagall er kaldastr korna; Kristr skóp hæimenn forna. Hail is the coldest of grain; Christ created the world of old. Old Icelandic Hagall er kaldakorn ok krapadrífa ok snáka sótt. Hail is cold grain and shower of sleet and sickness of serpents. Anglo-Saxon Hægl bẏþ hƿitust corna;