man

mans (genitive)
mǫn (plural)
man (indefinite nominative singular)
manit (definite nominative singular)
mǫn (indefinite nominative plural)
mǫnin (definite nominative plural)
man (accusative indefinite singular)
manit (accusative definite singular)
mǫn (accusative indefinite plural)
mǫnin (accusative definite plural)
mani (dative indefinite singular)
maninu (dative definite singular)
mǫnum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫnunum (dative definite plural)
mans (genitive indefinite singular)
mansins (definite genitive singular)
mana (genitive indefinite plural)
mananna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

man

Icelandic: man

Probably from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“fellow human”)

Sáttir þínar er ek vil snemma hafa
ok þat gjaforð geta;
eiga vilja heldr en án vera

Quickly will I have your agreement
and win the word of marriage;
I would rather own than be without
that pale maid.


sela

inflection of seli m (“harness”)
oblique singular indefinite of seli
accusative singular indefinite of seli

inflection of seli m (“harness”)
oblique singular indefinite of seli
dative singular indefinite of seli

inflection of seli m (“harness”)
oblique singular indefinite of seli
genitive singular indefinite of seli

inflection of seli m (“harness”)
accusative plural indefinite of seli

inflection of seli m (“harness”)
genitive plural indefinite of seli

inflection of selr m (“seal”)
accusative plural indefinite of selr

inflection of selr m (“seal”)
genitive plural indefinite of selr


at

ats (genitive)
ǫt (plural)
at (indefinite nominative singular)
atit (definite nominative singular)
ǫt (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫtin (definite nominative plural)
at (accusative indefinite singular)
atit (accusative definite singular)
ǫt (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫtin (accusative definite plural)
ati (dative indefinite singular)
atinu (dative definite singular)
ǫtum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫtunum (dative definite plural)
ats (genitive indefinite singular)
atsins (definite genitive singular)
ata (genitive indefinite plural)
atanna (definite genitive plural)

at

Icelandic: at

From Proto-Germanic *atą. Related to Old Norse etja.


for

Icelandic: for

Norwegian Nynorsk: for, fór

Norwegian Bokmål: får

Old Swedish: for

Swedish: fåra

Probably derived from Proto-Germanic *furhs.


men

mens (genitive)
men (plural)
men (indefinite nominative singular)
menit (definite nominative singular)
men (indefinite nominative plural)
menin (definite nominative plural)
men (accusative indefinite singular)
menit (accusative definite singular)
men (accusative indefinite plural)
menin (accusative definite plural)
meni (dative indefinite singular)
meninu (dative definite singular)
menjum (dative indefinite plural)
menjunum (dative definite plural)
mens (genitive indefinite singular)
mensins (definite genitive singular)
menja (genitive indefinite plural)
menjanna (definite genitive plural)

men

From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene.

menglǫtuðr

ring-destroyer; kenning for a wealthy ruler


tin

Icelandic: tin

Faroese: tin

Norwegian Nynorsk: tinn

Norwegian Bokmål: tinn

Old Swedish: tin, tēn

Swedish: tenn

Danish: tin

Jamtish: tin


egg

eggs (genitive)
egg (plural)
egg (indefinite nominative singular)
eggit (definite nominative singular)
egg (indefinite nominative plural)
eggin (definite nominative plural)
egg (accusative indefinite singular)
eggit (accusative definite singular)
egg (accusative indefinite plural)
eggin (accusative definite plural)
eggi (dative indefinite singular)
egginu (dative definite singular)
eggjum (dative indefinite plural)
eggjunum (dative definite plural)
eggs (genitive indefinite singular)
eggsins (definite genitive singular)
eggja (genitive indefinite plural)
eggjanna (definite genitive plural)

egg

Icelandic: egg

Faroese: egg

Norwegian Nynorsk: egg

Elfdalian: egg

Old Swedish: æg
Swedish: ägg

Scanian: ægg

Danish: æg

Norwegian Bokmål: egg

desctree

→ Middle English: eg, eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg
English: egg, egge
→⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
Jamaican Creole: eg
Sranan Tongo: eksi
Scots: egg
Yola: egges (plural)

From Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


egg

eggjar (genitive)
eggjar (plural)
egg (indefinite nominative singular)
eggin (definite nominative singular)
eggjar (indefinite nominative plural)
eggjarnar (definite nominative plural)
egg (accusative indefinite singular)
eggina (accusative definite singular)
eggjar (accusative indefinite plural)
eggjarnar (accusative definite plural)
egg (dative indefinite singular)
eggju (dative indefinite singular)
egginni (dative definite singular)
eggjunni (dative definite singular)
eggjum (dative indefinite plural)
eggjunum (dative definite plural)
eggjar (genitive indefinite singular)
eggjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
eggja (genitive indefinite plural)
eggjanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

egg

Icelandic: egg

Faroese: egg

Norwegian Nynorsk: egg

Dalian: egg

Old Swedish: eg

Swedish: egg

Danish: æg

Norwegian Bokmål: egg

From Proto-Germanic *agjō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).


al

indefinite accusative/dative singular of alr


kind

non-noun

kind f (genitive kindar, plural kindir or kindr)

kindar (genitive)
kindir (plural)
kindr (plural)
kind (indefinite nominative singular)
kindin (definite nominative singular)
kindir (indefinite nominative plural)
kindr (indefinite nominative plural)
kindirnar (definite nominative plural)
kindrnar (definite nominative plural)
kind (accusative indefinite singular)
kindina (accusative definite singular)
kindir (accusative indefinite plural)
kindr (accusative indefinite plural)
kindirnar (accusative definite plural)
kindrnar (accusative definite plural)
kind (dative indefinite singular)
kindinni (dative definite singular)
kindum (dative indefinite plural)
kindunum (dative definite plural)
kindar (genitive indefinite singular)
kindarinnar (definite genitive singular)
kinda (genitive indefinite plural)
kindanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

kind

Icelandic: kind f

Faroese: kind

From Proto-Germanic *kinþiz. Compare Latin gēns (“clan, tribe”).


beit

beitar (genitive)
beitar (plural)
beit (indefinite nominative singular)
beitin (definite nominative singular)
beitar (indefinite nominative plural)
beitarnar (definite nominative plural)
beit (accusative indefinite singular)
beitina (accusative definite singular)
beitar (accusative indefinite plural)
beitarnar (accusative definite plural)
beit (dative indefinite singular)
beitinni (dative definite singular)
beitum (dative indefinite plural)
beitunum (dative definite plural)
beitar (genitive indefinite singular)
beitarinnar (definite genitive singular)
beita (genitive indefinite plural)
beitanna (definite genitive plural)

beit

Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f

Icelandic: beit f

From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta.

der

a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)


beit

beits (genitive)
beit (indefinite nominative singular)
beitit (definite nominative singular)
beit (indefinite nominative plural)
beitin (definite nominative plural)
beit (accusative indefinite singular)
beitit (accusative definite singular)
beit (accusative indefinite plural)
beitin (accusative definite plural)
beiti (dative indefinite singular)
beitinu (dative definite singular)
beitum (dative indefinite plural)
beitunum (dative definite plural)
beits (genitive indefinite singular)
beiz (genitive indefinite singular)
beitsins (definite genitive singular)
beizins (definite genitive singular)
beita (genitive indefinite plural)
beitanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

beit

Icelandic: beit n

From Proto-Germanic *baitą, *baitaz, also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Cognate with Old English bāt, which was borrowed into Old Norse again as the more used bátr.


ben

benjar (genitive)
benjar (plural)
ben (indefinite nominative singular)
benin (definite nominative singular)
benjar (indefinite nominative plural)
benjarnar (definite nominative plural)
ben (accusative indefinite singular)
benina (accusative definite singular)
benjar (accusative indefinite plural)
benjarnar (accusative definite plural)
ben (dative indefinite singular)
beninni (dative definite singular)
benjum (dative indefinite plural)
benjunum (dative definite plural)
benjar (genitive indefinite singular)
benjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
benja (genitive indefinite plural)
benjanna (definite genitive plural)
ben (indefinite nominative singular)
benit (definite nominative singular)
ben (indefinite nominative plural)
benin (definite nominative plural)
ben (accusative indefinite singular)
benit (accusative definite singular)
ben (accusative indefinite plural)
benin (accusative definite plural)
beni (dative indefinite singular)
beninu (dative definite singular)
benjum (dative indefinite plural)
benjunum (dative definite plural)
bens (genitive indefinite singular)
bensins (definite genitive singular)
benja (genitive indefinite plural)
benjanna (definite genitive plural)

ben

ben


ver

vers (genitive)
ver (indefinite nominative singular)
verit (definite nominative singular)
ver (indefinite nominative plural)
verin (definite nominative plural)
ver (accusative indefinite singular)
verit (accusative definite singular)
ver (accusative indefinite plural)
verin (accusative definite plural)
veri (dative indefinite singular)
verinu (dative definite singular)
verjum (dative indefinite plural)
verjunum (dative definite plural)
vers (genitive indefinite singular)
versins (definite genitive singular)
verja (genitive indefinite plural)
verjanna (definite genitive plural)

ver

Icelandic: ver

Norwegian Nynorsk: vær

Norwegian Bokmål: vær

station for taking eggs, fishing, catching seals, etc.


ver

verja (genitive plural)
ver (indefinite nominative singular)
verit (definite nominative singular)
ver (indefinite nominative plural)
verin (definite nominative plural)
ver (accusative indefinite singular)
verit (accusative definite singular)
ver (accusative indefinite plural)
verin (accusative definite plural)
veri (dative indefinite singular)
verinu (dative definite singular)
verjum (dative indefinite plural)
verjunum (dative definite plural)
vers (genitive indefinite singular)
versins (definite genitive singular)
verja (genitive indefinite plural)
verjanna (definite genitive plural)

ver

Icelandic: ver

Norwegian Nynorsk: var, vær

Norwegian Bokmål: var, vær

→⇒ Middle English: pilwer

→ Irish: piliúr


ver

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


leg

non-decl-blank-full

leg

leg (indefinite nominative singular)
legit (definite nominative singular)
leg (indefinite nominative plural)
legin (definite nominative plural)
leg (accusative indefinite singular)
legit (accusative definite singular)
leg (accusative indefinite plural)
legin (accusative definite plural)
legi (dative indefinite singular)
leginu (dative definite singular)
legum (dative indefinite plural)
legunum (dative definite plural)
legs (genitive indefinite singular)
legsins (definite genitive singular)
lega (genitive indefinite plural)
leganna (definite genitive plural)


pata

inflection of pati:
indefinite oblique singular

inflection of pati:
indefinite accusative/genitive plural


tak

taks (genitive)
tǫk (plural)
tak (indefinite nominative singular)
takit (definite nominative singular)
tǫk (indefinite nominative plural)
tǫkin (definite nominative plural)
tak (accusative indefinite singular)
takit (accusative definite singular)
tǫk (accusative indefinite plural)
tǫkin (accusative definite plural)
taki (dative indefinite singular)
takinu (dative definite singular)
tǫkum (dative indefinite plural)
tǫkunum (dative definite plural)
taks (genitive indefinite singular)
taksins (definite genitive singular)
taka (genitive indefinite plural)
takanna (definite genitive plural)

tak

Icelandic: tak

Faroese: tak

Norwegian Nynorsk: tak

Norwegian Bokmål: tak

Old Swedish: tak

Swedish: tag

Danish: tag

Derived from the verb taka (“to take, grab”).


sama

inflection of sami:
indefinite oblique singular

inflection of sami:
indefinite accusative plural

inflection of sami:
indefinite genitive plural


ber

berja (genitive plural)
ber (indefinite nominative singular)
berit (definite nominative singular)
ber (indefinite nominative plural)
berin (definite nominative plural)
ber (accusative indefinite singular)
berit (accusative definite singular)
ber (accusative indefinite plural)
berin (accusative definite plural)
beri (dative indefinite singular)
berinu (dative definite singular)
berjum (dative indefinite plural)
berjunum (dative definite plural)
bers (genitive indefinite singular)
bersins (definite genitive singular)
berja (genitive indefinite plural)
berjanna (definite genitive plural)

ber

Icelandic: ber

Faroese: ber

Norwegian: bær

Old Swedish: bær
Swedish: bär

Danish: bær

From Proto-Germanic *basją, *bazją, whence also Old English berġe, Old High German beri.


burst

burst

burst (indefinite nominative singular)
burstin (definite nominative singular)
burstir (indefinite nominative plural)
burstirnar (definite nominative plural)
burst (accusative indefinite singular)
burstina (accusative definite singular)
burstir (accusative indefinite plural)
burstirnar (accusative definite plural)
burst (dative indefinite singular)
burstinni (dative definite singular)
burstum (dative indefinite plural)
burstunum (dative definite plural)
burstar (genitive indefinite singular)
burstarinnar (definite genitive singular)
bursta (genitive indefinite plural)
burstanna (definite genitive plural)


fit

fitjar (genitive)
fitjar (plural)
fit (indefinite nominative singular)
fitin (definite nominative singular)
fitjar (indefinite nominative plural)
fitjarnar (definite nominative plural)
fit (accusative indefinite singular)
fitina (accusative definite singular)
fitjar (accusative indefinite plural)
fitjarnar (accusative definite plural)
fit (dative indefinite singular)
fitinni (dative definite singular)
fitjum (dative indefinite plural)
fitjunum (dative definite plural)
fitjar (genitive indefinite singular)
fitjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
fitja (genitive indefinite plural)
fitjanna (definite genitive plural)

fit

(zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)

(landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river


get

get

get (indefinite nominative singular)
getit (definite nominative singular)
get (indefinite nominative plural)
getin (definite nominative plural)
get (accusative indefinite singular)
getit (accusative definite singular)
get (accusative indefinite plural)
getin (accusative definite plural)
geti (dative indefinite singular)
getinu (dative definite singular)
getum (dative indefinite plural)
getunum (dative definite plural)
gets (genitive indefinite singular)
getsins (definite genitive singular)
geta (genitive indefinite plural)
getanna (definite genitive plural)


grind

non-noun

grind f (genitive grindar, plural grindr)

grindar (genitive)
grindr (plural)
grind (indefinite nominative singular)
grindin (definite nominative singular)
grindir (indefinite nominative plural)
grindirnar (definite nominative plural)
grind (accusative indefinite singular)
grindina (accusative definite singular)
grindir (accusative indefinite plural)
grindirnar (accusative definite plural)
grind (dative indefinite singular)
grindinni (dative definite singular)
grindum (dative indefinite plural)
grindunum (dative definite plural)
grindar (genitive indefinite singular)
grindarinnar (definite genitive singular)
grinda (genitive indefinite plural)
grindanna (definite genitive plural)
grind (indefinite nominative singular)
grindin (definite nominative singular)
grindr (indefinite nominative plural)
grindrnar (definite nominative plural)
grind (accusative indefinite singular)
grindina (accusative definite singular)
grindr (accusative indefinite plural)
grindrnar (accusative definite plural)
grind (dative indefinite singular)
grindinni (dative definite singular)
grindum (dative indefinite plural)
grindunum (dative definite plural)
grindar (genitive indefinite singular)
grindr (genitive indefinite singular)
grindarinnar (definite genitive singular)
grindrinnar (definite genitive singular)
grinda (genitive indefinite plural)
grindanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

grind

grind

Icelandic: grind

Faroese: grind

Norwegian Nynorsk: grind

Norwegian Bokmål: grind

Swedish: grind


gull

gulls (genitive)
gull (plural)
gull (indefinite nominative singular)
gullit (definite nominative singular)
gull (indefinite nominative plural)
gullin (definite nominative plural)
gull (accusative indefinite singular)
gullit (accusative definite singular)
gull (accusative indefinite plural)
gullin (accusative definite plural)
gulli (dative indefinite singular)
gullinu (dative definite singular)
gullum (dative indefinite plural)
gullunum (dative definite plural)
gulls (genitive indefinite singular)
gullsins (definite genitive singular)
gulla (genitive indefinite plural)
gullanna (definite genitive plural)

gull

Icelandic: gull n

Faroese: gull n

Norwegian Nynorsk: gull n

Old Swedish: gull n

Swedish: gull, guld n

Old Danish:

Danish: guld n

Norwegian Bokmål: gull n

→ Greenlandic: kuulti

Gutnish: gull n

From Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”). Cognate with Old English gold, Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old Dutch golt, Old High German gold, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). See also Finnish kulta. Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

der

Vér viljum ok gefa þér gull vort, […]

Laurentius saga 65, in 1858, Jón_Sigurðsson, Guðbrandur_Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 877

Enn þegar sem hon bar þetta gull, […]

Stjórn 78, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 254

(countable) a jewel, thing of value, especially a finger-ring


salt

non-decl-blank-full

salt

salt (indefinite nominative singular)
saltit (definite nominative singular)
sǫlt (indefinite nominative plural)
sǫltin (definite nominative plural)
salt (accusative indefinite singular)
saltit (accusative definite singular)
sǫlt (accusative indefinite plural)
sǫltin (accusative definite plural)
salti (dative indefinite singular)
saltinu (dative definite singular)
sǫltum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫltunum (dative definite plural)
salts (genitive indefinite singular)
saltsins (definite genitive singular)
salta (genitive indefinite plural)
saltanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: salt

Faroese: salt

Norn: salt

Norwegian Nynorsk: salt

Norwegian Bokmål: salt

Old Swedish: salt

Swedish: salt

Old Danish: salt

Danish: salt


far

fars (genitive)
fǫr (plural)
far (indefinite nominative singular)
farit (definite nominative singular)
fǫr (indefinite nominative plural)
fǫrin (definite nominative plural)
far (accusative indefinite singular)
farit (accusative definite singular)
fǫr (accusative indefinite plural)
fǫrin (accusative definite plural)
fari (dative indefinite singular)
farinu (dative definite singular)
fǫrum (dative indefinite plural)
fǫrunum (dative definite plural)
fars (genitive indefinite singular)
farsins (definite genitive singular)
fara (genitive indefinite plural)
faranna (definite genitive plural)

far

Icelandic: far

Faroese: far

Norwegian Nynorsk: far

Norwegian Bokmål: far

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara), from Proto-Germanic *farą.


dust

Icelandic: dust

Faroese: dust

Norwegian: dust

Swedish: dust

Danish: dyst


sog

sogs (genitive)
sog (indefinite nominative singular)
sogit (definite nominative singular)
sog (indefinite nominative plural)
sogin (definite nominative plural)
sog (accusative indefinite singular)
sogit (accusative definite singular)
sog (accusative indefinite plural)
sogin (accusative definite plural)
sogi (dative indefinite singular)
soginu (dative definite singular)
sogum (dative indefinite plural)
sogunum (dative definite plural)
sogs (genitive indefinite singular)
sogsins (definite genitive singular)
soga (genitive indefinite plural)
soganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

sog

Icelandic: sog

Norwegian Nynorsk: sog

Perhaps from an earlier Proto-Germanic *sugą, being affected by a-umlaut. Anyhow related to súga.


bo

Late 10th century, Karlevi Runestone


band

bands (genitive)
bǫnd (plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandit (definite nominative singular)
bǫnd (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫndin (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandit (accusative definite singular)
bǫnd (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫndin (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinu (dative definite singular)
bǫndum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫndunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)

band

Icelandic: band

Faroese: band

Norwegian Nynorsk: band

→ Norwegian Bokmål: band

Swedish: band

Danish: bånd

Norwegian Bokmål: bånd

lausn ok band allra vandamál

Svá skyldi goð gjalda, · gram reki bǫnd af lǫndum,
reið sé rǫgn ok Óðinn, · rǫ́n míns féar hǫ́num;[…]

c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21

So shall the Gods repay him—may the Divinities drive the ruler from the land; may the Powers and Odin be wroth—for the plunder of my wealth.

(plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods


eng

eng

eng

eng (indefinite nominative singular)
engin (definite nominative singular)
engjar (indefinite nominative plural)
engjarnar (definite nominative plural)
eng (accusative indefinite singular)
engina (accusative definite singular)
engjar (accusative indefinite plural)
engjarnar (accusative definite plural)
eng (dative indefinite singular)
enginni (dative definite singular)
engjum (dative indefinite plural)
engjunum (dative definite plural)
engjar (genitive indefinite singular)
engjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
engja (genitive indefinite plural)
engjanna (definite genitive plural)
eng (indefinite nominative singular)
engit (definite nominative singular)
eng (indefinite nominative plural)
engin (definite nominative plural)
eng (accusative indefinite singular)
engit (accusative definite singular)
eng (accusative indefinite plural)
engin (accusative definite plural)
engi (dative indefinite singular)
enginu (dative definite singular)
engjum (dative indefinite plural)
engjunum (dative definite plural)
engs (genitive indefinite singular)
engsins (definite genitive singular)
engja (genitive indefinite plural)
engjanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: eng f, engi n

Faroese: ong f

Norwegian Nynorsk: eng f, enge n

Norwegian Bokmål: eng f

Old Swedish: æng, ænge

Swedish: äng c

Danish: eng c

Norwegian Bokmål: eng m


eta

etu (genitive)
eta (indefinite nominative singular)
etan (definite nominative singular)
etur (indefinite nominative plural)
eturnar (definite nominative plural)
etu (accusative indefinite singular)
etuna (accusative definite singular)
etur (accusative indefinite plural)
eturnar (accusative definite plural)
etu (dative indefinite singular)
etunni (dative definite singular)
etum (dative indefinite plural)
etunum (dative definite plural)
etu (genitive indefinite singular)
etunnar (definite genitive singular)
etna (genitive indefinite plural)
etnanna (definite genitive plural)

eta

Norwegian Nynorsk: ete


stein

indefinite accusative singular of steinn


gras

grass (genitive)
grǫs (plural)
gras (indefinite nominative singular)
grasit (definite nominative singular)
grǫs (indefinite nominative plural)
grǫsin (definite nominative plural)
gras (accusative indefinite singular)
grasit (accusative definite singular)
grǫs (accusative indefinite plural)
grǫsin (accusative definite plural)
grasi (dative indefinite singular)
grasinu (dative definite singular)
grǫsum (dative indefinite plural)
grǫsunum (dative definite plural)
grass (genitive indefinite singular)
grassins (definite genitive singular)
grasa (genitive indefinite plural)
grasanna (definite genitive plural)

gras

Icelandic: gras

Faroese: gras

Norwegian:

Bokmål: gress, gras (< *grasja-)

Norwegian Nynorsk: gras

Old Swedish: græs, gras (hapax legomena)

Swedish: gräs (< *grasja-)

Danish: græs (< *grasja-)

Elfdalian: gras

Gutnish: gras

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

der

[…] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.

Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1

[…] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.

[…] fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita, […]

Stjórn 51, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 175

[…] he found the herb that was called mandrake, […]

(especially in the plural) a herb, usually with special powers


net

non-decl-blank-full

net

net (indefinite nominative singular)
netit (definite nominative singular)
net (indefinite nominative plural)
netin (definite nominative plural)
net (accusative indefinite singular)
netit (accusative definite singular)
net (accusative indefinite plural)
netin (accusative definite plural)
neti (dative indefinite singular)
netinu (dative definite singular)
netjum (dative indefinite plural)
netjunum (dative definite plural)
nets (genitive indefinite singular)
netsins (definite genitive singular)
netja (genitive indefinite plural)
netjanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: net

Faroese: net

Norwegian: nett, net

Old Swedish: næt

Swedish: nät

Danish: net

From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).


sel

non-decl-blank-full

sel

sel (indefinite nominative singular)
selit (definite nominative singular)
sel (indefinite nominative plural)
selin (definite nominative plural)
sel (accusative indefinite singular)
selit (accusative definite singular)
sel (accusative indefinite plural)
selin (accusative definite plural)
seli (dative indefinite singular)
selinu (dative definite singular)
seljum (dative indefinite plural)
seljunum (dative definite plural)
sels (genitive indefinite singular)
selsins (definite genitive singular)
selja (genitive indefinite plural)
seljanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: sel

Norwegian: sel

→ Danish: sæl

Norwegian Bokmål: sel

Old Swedish: *sæl (only in compounds, e.g. sælia boþ)

From Proto-Germanic *salją, diminutive of either *salą or *saliz.


sel

indefinite accusative singular of selr (“seal”)


ax

ax (genitive)
ǫx (plural)
ax (indefinite nominative singular)
axit (definite nominative singular)
ǫx (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫxin (definite nominative plural)
ax (accusative indefinite singular)
axit (accusative definite singular)
ǫx (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫxin (accusative definite plural)
axi (dative indefinite singular)
axinu (dative definite singular)
ǫxum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫxunum (dative definite plural)
ax (genitive indefinite singular)
axins (definite genitive singular)
axa (genitive indefinite plural)
axanna (definite genitive plural)

ax

Icelandic: ax

Norwegian Nynorsk: aks

Norwegian Bokmål: aks

Old Swedish: ax

Swedish: ax

Danish: aks

From Proto-Germanic *ahsą, from *ahaz (“ear (of grain)”).


land

lands (genitive)
lǫnd (plural)
land (indefinite nominative singular)
landit (definite nominative singular)
lǫnd (indefinite nominative plural)
lǫndin (definite nominative plural)
land (accusative indefinite singular)
landit (accusative definite singular)
lǫnd (accusative indefinite plural)
lǫndin (accusative definite plural)
landi (dative indefinite singular)
landinu (dative definite singular)
lǫndum (dative indefinite plural)
lǫndunum (dative definite plural)
lands (genitive indefinite singular)
landsins (definite genitive singular)
landa (genitive indefinite plural)
landanna (definite genitive plural)

land

Icelandic: land

Faroese: land

Norn: land

Norwegian Nynorsk: land

Russenorsk: лань (lanʹ)

Old Swedish: land

Elfdalian: land

Swedish: land

Old Danish: land

Danish: land

Norwegian Bokmål: land

Scanian: lann

Old Gutnish: land

Gutnish: land, lande, landi

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada)
Old Norse land
From Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada), from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old English land, lond, Old Dutch lant, Old High German lant, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).


horn

horns (genitive)
horn (plural)
horn (indefinite nominative singular)
hornit (definite nominative singular)
horn (indefinite nominative plural)
hornin (definite nominative plural)
horn (accusative indefinite singular)
hornit (accusative definite singular)
horn (accusative indefinite plural)
hornin (accusative definite plural)
horni (dative indefinite singular)
horninu (dative definite singular)
hornum (dative indefinite plural)
hornunum (dative definite plural)
horns (genitive indefinite singular)
hornsins (definite genitive singular)
horna (genitive indefinite plural)
hornanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

horn

Icelandic: horn

Faroese: horn

Norn: honnj

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: horn, (dialectal) hønn

Norwegian Bokmål: horn

Old Swedish: horn

Swedish: horn

Danish: horn

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- or Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include Old English horn (English horn, Old Frisian horn (West Frisian hoarn), Old Saxon horn (Low German Hoorn, horn), Dutch hoorn, Old High German horn (German Horn), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).


ars

ars (genitive)
arsar (plural)
ars (indefinite nominative singular)
arsinn (definite nominative singular)
arsar (indefinite nominative plural)
arsarnir (definite nominative plural)
ars (accusative indefinite singular)
arsinn (accusative definite singular)
arsa (accusative indefinite plural)
arsana (accusative definite plural)
arsi (dative indefinite singular)
arsinum (dative definite singular)
ǫrsum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫrsunum (dative definite plural)
ars (genitive indefinite singular)
arsins (definite genitive singular)
arsa (genitive indefinite plural)
arsanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ars

Icelandic: ars

Faroese: arsur

Old Swedish: ars

⇒ Swedish: arsel, arsle

From Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁orsos (“arse”).


berg

berg

berg (indefinite nominative singular)
bergit (definite nominative singular)
berg (indefinite nominative plural)
bergin (definite nominative plural)
berg (accusative indefinite singular)
bergit (accusative definite singular)
berg (accusative indefinite plural)
bergin (accusative definite plural)
bergi (dative indefinite singular)
berginu (dative definite singular)
bergum (dative indefinite plural)
bergunum (dative definite plural)
bergs (genitive indefinite singular)
bergsins (definite genitive singular)
berga (genitive indefinite plural)
berganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: berg, bjarg

Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg

Norwegian: berg

→ Danish: berg (also from German)

Norwegian Bokmål: berg

desc

Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs-

Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh

Swedish: berg

Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh

Scanian: bjærğ

Danish: bjerg

Norwegian Bokmål: bjerg

Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr

→ Scots: berg


agi

aga (genitive)
agi (indefinite nominative singular)
aginn (definite nominative singular)
agar (indefinite nominative plural)
agarnir (definite nominative plural)
aga (accusative indefinite singular)
agann (accusative definite singular)
aga (accusative indefinite plural)
agana (accusative definite plural)
aga (dative indefinite singular)
aganum (dative definite singular)
ǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫgunum (dative definite plural)
aga (genitive indefinite singular)
agans (definite genitive singular)
aga (genitive indefinite plural)
aganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

agi

Icelandic: agi

Faroese: agi

Norwegian Nynorsk: age, aga, agje, ågå

Norwegian Bokmål: age

Old Swedish: aghi

desc

Swedish: aga (from oblique case; pl. agor)

Danish: ave

desctree

→ Middle English: awe, age, aghe, aȝe, ahe, au, aue, aw
English: awe
Scots: awe, aw

From Proto-Germanic *agô, form of *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos, from *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”).


arma

ǫrmu (genitive)
ǫrmur (plural)
arma (indefinite nominative singular)
arman (definite nominative singular)
ǫrmur (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫrmurnar (definite nominative plural)
ǫrmu (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫrmuna (accusative definite singular)
ǫrmur (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫrmurnar (accusative definite plural)
ǫrmu (dative indefinite singular)
ǫrmunni (dative definite singular)
ǫrmum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫrmunum (dative definite plural)
ǫrmu (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫrmunnar (definite genitive singular)
armna (genitive indefinite plural)
armnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

arma


dýr

dýrs (genitive)
dýr (plural)
dýr (indefinite nominative singular)
dýrit (definite nominative singular)
dýr (indefinite nominative plural)
dýrin (definite nominative plural)
dýr (accusative indefinite singular)
dýrit (accusative definite singular)
dýr (accusative indefinite plural)
dýrin (accusative definite plural)
dýri (dative indefinite singular)
dýrinu (dative definite singular)
dýrum (dative indefinite plural)
dýrunum (dative definite plural)
dýrs (genitive indefinite singular)
dýrsins (definite genitive singular)
dýra (genitive indefinite plural)
dýranna (definite genitive plural)

dýr

Icelandic: dýr

Faroese: dýr, djór

Norwegian Nynorsk: dyr

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.


lamb

lambs (genitive)
lǫmb (plural)
lamb (indefinite nominative singular)
lambit (definite nominative singular)
lǫmb (indefinite nominative plural)
lǫmbin (definite nominative plural)
lamb (accusative indefinite singular)
lambit (accusative definite singular)
lǫmb (accusative indefinite plural)
lǫmbin (accusative definite plural)
lambi (dative indefinite singular)
lambinu (dative definite singular)
lǫmbum (dative indefinite plural)
lǫmbunum (dative definite plural)
lambs (genitive indefinite singular)
lambsins (definite genitive singular)
lamba (genitive indefinite plural)
lambanna (definite genitive plural)

lamb

Icelandic: lamb

Faroese: lamb

Norn: lamb

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: lamb, lam; (dialectal) låm

Old Swedish: lamb

Swedish: lamm, lamb

Old Danish: lamb

Danish: lam

Norwegian Bokmål: lam

Gutnish: lamb

Scanian: lǫm


frost

Icelandic: frost

Faroese: frost, frostur m (masculine is archaic)

Norwegian: frost

Old Swedish: frost

Swedish: frost

Danish: frost

From Proto-Germanic *frustą, *frustaz, akin to Old English frost, Old High German frost.


lik

lík (canonical neuter)
līk (indefinite nominative singular)
līkit (definite nominative singular)
līk (indefinite nominative plural)
līkin (definite nominative plural)
līk (accusative indefinite singular)
līkit (accusative definite singular)
līk (accusative indefinite plural)
līkin (accusative definite plural)
līki (dative indefinite singular)
līkinu (dative definite singular)
līkum (dative indefinite plural)
līkunum (dative definite plural)
līks (genitive indefinite singular)
līksins (definite genitive singular)
līka (genitive indefinite plural)
līkanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

lik


barn

barns (genitive)
bǫrn (plural)
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnit (definite nominative singular)
bǫrn (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫrnin (definite nominative plural)
barn (accusative indefinite singular)
barnit (accusative definite singular)
bǫrn (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫrnin (accusative definite plural)
barni (dative indefinite singular)
barninu (dative definite singular)
bǫrnum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫrnunum (dative definite plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnsins (definite genitive singular)
barna (genitive indefinite plural)
barnanna (definite genitive plural)

barn

Icelandic: barn

Faroese: barn

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: badn, barn, bonn, bån

Norwegian Bokmål: barn

Jamtish: bǫ́rn

Old Swedish: barn

Swedish: barn

Old Danish: barn

Danish: barn

Gutnish: ban

From Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.


ló

lóar (genitive)
lóar (plural)
ló (indefinite nominative singular)
lóin (definite nominative singular)
lóar (indefinite nominative plural)
lóarnar (definite nominative plural)
ló (accusative indefinite singular)
lóna (accusative definite singular)
lóar (accusative indefinite plural)
lóarnar (accusative definite plural)
ló (dative indefinite singular)
lónni (dative definite singular)
lóm (dative indefinite plural)
lónum (dative definite plural)
lóar (genitive indefinite singular)
lóarinnar (definite genitive singular)
lóa (genitive indefinite plural)
lóanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ló

Icelandic: ló

Faroese: lón

Norwegian Nynorsk: lo f

Norwegian Bokmål: lo f

Swedish: löt

From Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos, from the root *lewk- (“bright, to shine”). Cognate with Latin lūcus and Lithuanian laũkas.


ló

lóar (genitive)
lœr (plural)
ló (indefinite nominative singular)
lóin (definite nominative singular)
lœr (indefinite nominative plural)
lœrnar (definite nominative plural)
ló (accusative indefinite singular)
lóna (accusative definite singular)
lœr (accusative indefinite plural)
lœrnar (accusative definite plural)
ló (dative indefinite singular)
lónni (dative definite singular)
lóm (dative indefinite plural)
lónum (dative definite plural)
lóar (genitive indefinite singular)
lóarinnar (definite genitive singular)
lóa (genitive indefinite plural)
lóanna (definite genitive plural)

ló

Faroese: lógv f

Icelandic: ló f, lóa f

Norwegian:

Norwegian Nynorsk: lo f

Norwegian Bokmål: lo m or f


myki

Danish: møg

→ Swedish: mög

Icelandic: myki, mykja

Norwegian Bokmål: møkk

Norwegian Nynorsk: myk

→ Middle English: muk, mok

English: muck

Scots: muk

Derived from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slick, slimy”). Cognates include Middle English mok and muk (English muck).


und

undar (genitive)
undir (plural)
und (indefinite nominative singular)
undin (definite nominative singular)
undir (indefinite nominative plural)
undirnar (definite nominative plural)
und (accusative indefinite singular)
undina (accusative definite singular)
undir (accusative indefinite plural)
undirnar (accusative definite plural)
und (dative indefinite singular)
undinni (dative definite singular)
undum (dative indefinite plural)
undunum (dative definite plural)
undar (genitive indefinite singular)
undarinnar (definite genitive singular)
unda (genitive indefinite plural)
undanna (definite genitive plural)
und (indefinite nominative singular)
undin (definite nominative singular)
undar (indefinite nominative plural)
undarnar (definite nominative plural)
und (accusative indefinite singular)
undina (accusative definite singular)
undar (accusative indefinite plural)
undarnar (accusative definite plural)
und (dative indefinite singular)
undinni (dative definite singular)
undum (dative indefinite plural)
undunum (dative definite plural)
undar (genitive indefinite singular)
undarinnar (definite genitive singular)
unda (genitive indefinite plural)
undanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

und

und

Icelandic: und

Old Swedish: und

Danish: vunde (influenced by Low German)


toga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


abbatissa

non-noun

abbatissa f (genitive abbatissu, plural abbatissur)

abbatissu (genitive)
abbatissur (plural)
abbatissa (indefinite nominative singular)
abbatissan (definite nominative singular)
abbatissur (indefinite nominative plural)
abbatissurnar (definite nominative plural)
abbatissu (accusative indefinite singular)
abbatissuna (accusative definite singular)
abbatissur (accusative indefinite plural)
abbatissurnar (accusative definite plural)
abbatissu (dative indefinite singular)
abbatissunni (dative definite singular)
abbatissum (dative indefinite plural)
abbatissunum (dative definite plural)
abbatissu (genitive indefinite singular)
abbatissunnar (definite genitive singular)
abbatissna (genitive indefinite plural)
abbatissnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

abbatissa

Borrowed from Latin abbātissa (“abbess”).


hol

hol

hol (indefinite nominative singular)
holit (definite nominative singular)
hol (indefinite nominative plural)
holin (definite nominative plural)
hol (accusative indefinite singular)
holit (accusative definite singular)
hol (accusative indefinite plural)
holin (accusative definite plural)
holi (dative indefinite singular)
holinu (dative definite singular)
holum (dative indefinite plural)
holunum (dative definite plural)
hols (genitive indefinite singular)
holsins (definite genitive singular)
hola (genitive indefinite plural)
holanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: hola

Faroese: hol

Norwegian Bokmål: høl

Norwegian Nynorsk: hol

→ Norwegian Bokmål: hol

Old Swedish: hol, hul

Swedish: hål, (dialectal) hôl

Old Danish: hol

Danish: hul

Norwegian Bokmål: hull

q

unless from Frankish <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*hol</i>

→? Norman: houle (unless from Frankish *hol)

→ French: houle


gata

gǫtu (genitive)
gǫtur (plural)
gata (indefinite nominative singular)
gatan (definite nominative singular)
gǫtur (indefinite nominative plural)
gǫturnar (definite nominative plural)
gǫtu (accusative indefinite singular)
gǫtuna (accusative definite singular)
gǫtur (accusative indefinite plural)
gǫturnar (accusative definite plural)
gǫtu (dative indefinite singular)
gǫtunni (dative definite singular)
gǫtum (dative indefinite plural)
gǫtunum (dative definite plural)
gǫtu (genitive indefinite singular)
gǫtunnar (definite genitive singular)
gatna (genitive indefinite plural)
gatnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

gata

Icelandic: gata

Faroese: gøta

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: gate, gote, gotu; (dialectal) gutu, goto, gatu, gato

Old Swedish: gata

Swedish: gata

→ Finnish: katu

Old Danish: gatæ

Danish: gade

Norwegian Bokmål: gate

→ Middle English: gate

Scots: gate

English: gait, gate

→ Lithuanian: gatvė

From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Likely from the oblique stem *gǫtu of an earlier form *gǫtva, as morphologically gata does not straightforwardly derive from the Proto-Germanic form.


fold

non-decl-blank-full

fold

fold (indefinite nominative singular)
foldin (definite nominative singular)
foldar (indefinite nominative plural)
foldir (indefinite nominative plural)
foldarnar (definite nominative plural)
foldirnar (definite nominative plural)
fold (accusative indefinite singular)
foldina (accusative definite singular)
foldar (accusative indefinite plural)
foldir (accusative indefinite plural)
foldarnar (accusative definite plural)
foldirnar (accusative definite plural)
fold (dative indefinite singular)
foldu (dative indefinite singular)
foldinni (dative definite singular)
foldum (dative indefinite plural)
foldunum (dative definite plural)
foldar (genitive indefinite singular)
foldarinnar (definite genitive singular)
folda (genitive indefinite plural)
foldanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: fold

⇒ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: Vestfold, Østfold

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: Vestfold, Austfold, Østfold

From Proto-Germanic *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”).

inh

Hitt vas fyrr, / at fold ruðu
sverðberendr / sínum dróttni.[…]

9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5

[…] It happened before, / that the sword-bearers
reddened the ground / with [the blood of] their lord. […]

[…]Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum
heimi hverjum í?
10. Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum,
en með Ásum fold, / kalla vega Vanir.
[…] How is the earth named, / which lies before the sons of men,
in each of the worlds?
10. "Earth" it is named among men,

900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verses 9 and 10

but among the Æsir "Field", / the Vanir call it "Ways".


þing

þings (genitive)
þing (plural)
þing (indefinite nominative singular)
þingit (definite nominative singular)
þing (indefinite nominative plural)
þingin (definite nominative plural)
þing (accusative indefinite singular)
þingit (accusative definite singular)
þing (accusative indefinite plural)
þingin (accusative definite plural)
þingi (dative indefinite singular)
þinginu (dative definite singular)
þingum (dative indefinite plural)
þingunum (dative definite plural)
þings (genitive indefinite singular)
þingsins (definite genitive singular)
þinga (genitive indefinite plural)
þinganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

þing

Icelandic: þing

Faroese: ting

Norn: ting

Norwegian Nynorsk: ting

Old Swedish: þing

Swedish: ting

desctree

Old Danish: þing, thing (Jutland)
Danish: ting
Norwegian Bokmål: ting

Gutnish: tingg

→ German: Thing

thing, a regional parliament of nearby clans, traditionally headed by an elected jarl

a multi-regional parliament, with representatives from several þing


sorg

sorgar (genitive)
sorgir (plural)
sorg (indefinite nominative singular)
sorgin (definite nominative singular)
sorgir (indefinite nominative plural)
sorgirnar (definite nominative plural)
sorg (accusative indefinite singular)
sorgina (accusative definite singular)
sorgir (accusative indefinite plural)
sorgirnar (accusative definite plural)
sorg (dative indefinite singular)
sorginni (dative definite singular)
sorgum (dative indefinite plural)
sorgunum (dative definite plural)
sorgar (genitive indefinite singular)
sorgarinnar (definite genitive singular)
sorga (genitive indefinite plural)
sorganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

sorg

Icelandic: sorg

Faroese: sorg

Norwegian Nynorsk: sorg

Norwegian Bokmål: sorg

Old Swedish: sorgh

Swedish: sorg

Danish: sorg

From Proto-Germanic *surgō, from Proto-Indo-European *surgh- (“worry, care, be sick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Compare Old English sorh, sorg, Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old High German sworga, sorga, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga).


fax

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fax

fax (indefinite nominative singular)
faxit (definite nominative singular)
fǫx (indefinite nominative plural)
fǫxin (definite nominative plural)
fax (accusative indefinite singular)
faxit (accusative definite singular)
fǫx (accusative indefinite plural)
fǫxin (accusative definite plural)
faxi (dative indefinite singular)
faxinu (dative definite singular)
fǫxum (dative indefinite plural)
fǫxunum (dative definite plural)
fax (genitive indefinite singular)
faxins (definite genitive singular)
faxa (genitive indefinite plural)
faxanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: fax

Faroese: faks

Norwegian: faks

→ Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)

From Proto-Germanic *fahsą, from *peḱ- (“to pluck”).


biti

bita (genitive)
biti (indefinite nominative singular)
bitinn (definite nominative singular)
bitar (indefinite nominative plural)
bitarnir (definite nominative plural)
bita (accusative indefinite singular)
bitann (accusative definite singular)
bita (accusative indefinite plural)
bitana (accusative definite plural)
bita (dative indefinite singular)
bitanum (dative definite singular)
bitum (dative indefinite plural)
bitunum (dative definite plural)
bita (genitive indefinite singular)
bitans (definite genitive singular)
bita (genitive indefinite plural)
bitanna (definite genitive plural)

biti

Icelandic: biti

Norwegian Nynorsk: bete

Norwegian Bokmål: bete

From Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split, crack”).


biti

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


brand

indefinite accusative singular of brandr


il

iljar (genitive)
iljar (plural)
il (indefinite nominative singular)
ilin (definite nominative singular)
iljar (indefinite nominative plural)
iljarnar (definite nominative plural)
il (accusative indefinite singular)
ilina (accusative definite singular)
iljar (accusative indefinite plural)
iljarnar (accusative definite plural)
il (dative indefinite singular)
ilinni (dative definite singular)
iljum (dative indefinite plural)
iljunum (dative definite plural)
iljar (genitive indefinite singular)
iljarinnar (definite genitive singular)
ilja (genitive indefinite plural)
iljanna (definite genitive plural)

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il

Icelandic: il

Faroese: il

Norwegian Nynorsk: il

Norwegian Bokmål: il

Old Swedish: il

From Proto-Germanic *iljō, *ili (“sole”).


bana

inflection of bani:
accusative/dative/genitive singular

inflection of bani:
accusative/genitive plural


guma

inflection of gumi:
indefinite accusative singular/plural

inflection of gumi:
indefinite dative/genitive singular


regn

Icelandic: regn

Faroese: regn

Norn: regen

Norwegian Bokmål: regn

Norwegian Nynorsk: regn

Russenorsk: regel

Old Swedish: ræghn

Swedish: regn

Danish: regn c

Gutnish: regn

From Proto-Germanic *regną. Cognate with Old English reġn (English rain), Old Saxon regan (Low German Ręgen), Old Dutch regan (Dutch regen), Old High German regan (German Regen), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign).


kot

kot

kot (indefinite nominative singular)
kotit (definite nominative singular)
kot (indefinite nominative plural)
kotin (definite nominative plural)
kot (accusative indefinite singular)
kotit (accusative definite singular)
kot (accusative indefinite plural)
kotin (accusative definite plural)
koti (dative indefinite singular)
kotinu (dative definite singular)
kotum (dative indefinite plural)
kotunum (dative definite plural)
kots (genitive indefinite singular)
kotsins (definite genitive singular)
kota (genitive indefinite plural)
kotanna (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Nynorsk: kott

Norwegian Bokmål: kott


einherjar

Icelandic: einherjar

Faroese: einherjar

Norwegian Nynorsk: einherjar

Swedish: einhärjar, enhärjar

Danish: einherjer, enherjer

Norwegian Bokmål: einherjer

→ English: einherjar

From Old Norse einn (“one; lone, single”) + herjar (“army”, pl.).

com

(Norse mythology) the einherjar, dead warriors in Valhalla


jarl

jarls (genitive)
jarl (indefinite nominative singular)
jarlinn (definite nominative singular)
jarlar (indefinite nominative plural)
jarlarnir (definite nominative plural)
jarl (accusative indefinite singular)
jarlinn (accusative definite singular)
jarla (accusative indefinite plural)
jarlana (accusative definite plural)
jarli (dative indefinite singular)
jarlinum (dative definite singular)
jǫrlum (dative indefinite plural)
jǫrlunum (dative definite plural)
jarls (genitive indefinite singular)
jarlsins (definite genitive singular)
jarla (genitive indefinite plural)
jarlanna (definite genitive plural)

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jarl

Icelandic: jarl

Faroese: jallur

Norwegian Nynorsk: jarl

Old Swedish: iarl, iærl

Swedish: järl

Old Danish: ierl

→ Danish: jarl (reborrowed)

Norwegian Bokmål: jarl

→ English: jarl

→ Finnish: jaarli

→ Swedish: jarl (reborrowed)

From Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz.

(poetic) a highborn, noble man or warrior


saga

sǫgu (genitive)
sǫgur (plural)
saga (indefinite nominative singular)
sagan (definite nominative singular)
sǫgur (indefinite nominative plural)
sǫgurnar (definite nominative plural)
sǫgu (accusative indefinite singular)
sǫguna (accusative definite singular)
sǫgur (accusative indefinite plural)
sǫgurnar (accusative definite plural)
sǫgu (dative indefinite singular)
sǫgunni (dative definite singular)
sǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫgunum (dative definite plural)
sǫgu (genitive indefinite singular)
sǫgunnar (definite genitive singular)
sagna (genitive indefinite plural)
sagnanna (definite genitive plural)

saga

Icelandic: saga f

Faroese: søga f

Norn: saga

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: soge, soga, sogu; (dialectal) søgu, søge, sugu, soggo, soka

→ Norwegian Bokmål: soge m or f

Jamtish: sugu

desctree

Old Swedish: sagha
Swedish: saga
→ Finnish: saaga

Old Danish: saghæ

Danish: sage c (archaic)

Norwegian Bokmål: sage m

Jutish: save c

Gutnish: sage, sagå

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: saga f

→ Norwegian Bokmål: saga m

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: saga m or f

→ English: saga

→ Afrikaans: saga

→ German: Saga

→ Kildin Sami: соа̄гк (såågk)

From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).


fen

fens (genitive)
fen (plural)
fen (indefinite nominative singular)
fenit (definite nominative singular)
fen (indefinite nominative plural)
fenin (definite nominative plural)
fen (accusative indefinite singular)
fenit (accusative definite singular)
fen (accusative indefinite plural)
fenin (accusative definite plural)
feni (dative indefinite singular)
feninu (dative definite singular)
fenjum (dative indefinite plural)
fenjunum (dative definite plural)
fens (genitive indefinite singular)
fensins (definite genitive singular)
fenja (genitive indefinite plural)
fenjanna (definite genitive plural)

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fen

Icelandic: fen

Faroese: fen

Norwegian: fen

Danish: fen

mýrar ok fen


ok

oks (genitive)
ok (plural)
ok (indefinite nominative singular)
okit (definite nominative singular)
ok (indefinite nominative plural)
okin (definite nominative plural)
ok (accusative indefinite singular)
okit (accusative definite singular)
ok (accusative indefinite plural)
okin (accusative definite plural)
oki (dative indefinite singular)
okinu (dative definite singular)
okum (dative indefinite plural)
okunum (dative definite plural)
oks (genitive indefinite singular)
oksins (definite genitive singular)
oka (genitive indefinite plural)
okanna (definite genitive plural)

ok

Icelandic: ok

Faroese: ok

Norwegian: åk

Old Swedish: uk, ok

Swedish: ok

Danish: åg

Elfdalian: uok

Gutnish: uk

From Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.


ull

ullar (genitive)
ull (indefinite nominative singular)
ullin (definite nominative singular)
ullar (indefinite nominative plural)
ullarnar (definite nominative plural)
ull (accusative indefinite singular)
ullina (accusative definite singular)
ullar (accusative indefinite plural)
ullarnar (accusative definite plural)
ull (dative indefinite singular)
ullu (dative indefinite singular)
ullinni (dative definite singular)
ullunni (dative definite singular)
ullum (dative indefinite plural)
ullunum (dative definite plural)
ullar (genitive indefinite singular)
ullarinnar (definite genitive singular)
ulla (genitive indefinite plural)
ullanna (definite genitive plural)

ull

Icelandic: ull f

Faroese: ull f

Norwegian Nynorsk: ull f

Norwegian Bokmål: ull m or f

Swedish: ull c

Danish: uld c

From Proto-Germanic *wullō, whence also Old English wull (English wool), Old Frisian wolle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla).


tala

tǫlu (genitive)
tala (indefinite nominative singular)
talan (definite nominative singular)
tǫlur (indefinite nominative plural)
tǫlurnar (definite nominative plural)
tǫlu (accusative indefinite singular)
tǫluna (accusative definite singular)
tǫlur (accusative indefinite plural)
tǫlurnar (accusative definite plural)
tǫlu (dative indefinite singular)
tǫlunni (dative definite singular)
tǫlum (dative indefinite plural)
tǫlunum (dative definite plural)
tǫlu (genitive indefinite singular)
tǫlunnar (definite genitive singular)
talna (genitive indefinite plural)
talnanna (definite genitive plural)

tala

Icelandic: tala

Faroese: tala

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: tale m or f (“speech”); tòle f (“vertebra”) < obl. form tǫlu

Norwegian Bokmål: tale m or f

Danish: tale c


lundi

lunda (genitive)
lundar (plural)
lundi (indefinite nominative singular)
lundinn (definite nominative singular)
lundar (indefinite nominative plural)
lundarnir (definite nominative plural)
lunda (accusative indefinite singular)
lundann (accusative definite singular)
lunda (accusative indefinite plural)
lundana (accusative definite plural)
lunda (dative indefinite singular)
lundanum (dative definite singular)
lundum (dative indefinite plural)
lundunum (dative definite plural)
lunda (genitive indefinite singular)
lundans (definite genitive singular)
lunda (genitive indefinite plural)
lundanna (definite genitive plural)

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lundi

Norwegian Bokmål: lunde

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica#Translingual


sverð

sverðs (genitive)
sverð (plural)
sverð (indefinite nominative singular)
sverðit (definite nominative singular)
sverð (indefinite nominative plural)
sverðin (definite nominative plural)
sverð (accusative indefinite singular)
sverðit (accusative definite singular)
sverð (accusative indefinite plural)
sverðin (accusative definite plural)
sverði (dative indefinite singular)
sverðinu (dative definite singular)
sverðum (dative indefinite plural)
sverðunum (dative definite plural)
sverðs (genitive indefinite singular)
sverðsins (definite genitive singular)
sverða (genitive indefinite plural)
sverðanna (definite genitive plural)

sverð

Icelandic: sverð

Faroese: svørð

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: sverd; (dialectal) svørd

Norwegian Bokmål: sverd

Old Swedish: sværþ

Swedish: svärd

Old Danish: swærth

Danish: sværd

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Compare Old English sweord, Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swerd, Old High German swert.


laki

laka (genitive)
laki (indefinite nominative singular)
lakinn (definite nominative singular)
lakar (indefinite nominative plural)
lakarnir (definite nominative plural)
laka (accusative indefinite singular)
lakann (accusative definite singular)
laka (accusative indefinite plural)
lakana (accusative definite plural)
laka (dative indefinite singular)
lakanum (dative definite singular)
lǫkum (dative indefinite plural)
lǫkunum (dative definite plural)
laka (genitive indefinite singular)
lakans (definite genitive singular)
laka (genitive indefinite plural)
lakanna (definite genitive plural)

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laki

Icelandic: laki

Elfdalian: latji

Norwegian Nynorsk: lake

Old Swedish: laki

Swedish: lake

Danish: lake

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *wlakuz (“moist, slimey”), from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“wet, moist”).


lag

lags (genitive)
lǫg (plural)
lag (indefinite nominative singular)
lagit (definite nominative singular)
lǫg (indefinite nominative plural)
lǫgin (definite nominative plural)
lag (accusative indefinite singular)
lagit (accusative definite singular)
lǫg (accusative indefinite plural)
lǫgin (accusative definite plural)
lagi (dative indefinite singular)
laginu (dative definite singular)
lǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
lǫgunum (dative definite plural)
lags (genitive indefinite singular)
lagsins (definite genitive singular)
laga (genitive indefinite plural)
laganna (definite genitive plural)

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lag

Icelandic: lag n; lög n pl

Faroese: lag

Norwegian Nynorsk: lag n; log f

Old Swedish: lagh

Swedish: lag n, lag c or f

→ Finnish: laki

Old Danish: lagh, logh

Danish: lag n, lav c, lov

Norwegian Bokmål: lag n, lov m

→ Faroese: lóg f

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lov f or m

→ Old English: lagu

→ Middle English: lawe, laȝe, lagh

desc

English: law (“score, share of expense, legal charge”)

Scots: lauch, lawch

From Proto-Germanic *lagą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

thrust, stab (with a knife, sword or spear)


hals

hals (genitive)
halsar (plural)
hals (indefinite nominative singular)
halsinn (definite nominative singular)
halsar (indefinite nominative plural)
halsarnir (definite nominative plural)
hals (accusative indefinite singular)
halsinn (accusative definite singular)
halsa (accusative indefinite plural)
halsana (accusative definite plural)
halsi (dative indefinite singular)
halsinum (dative definite singular)
hǫlsum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫlsunum (dative definite plural)
halss (genitive indefinite singular)
halssins (definite genitive singular)
halsa (genitive indefinite plural)
halsanna (definite genitive plural)

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hals

Icelandic: háls

Faroese: hálsur

Norn: hals, håls, hwåls

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: hals; (dialectal) håls’e, hås

Old Swedish: hals

Swedish: hals

Danish: hals

Norwegian Bokmål: hals

Gutnish: hals

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz, whence also Old English heals, Dutch hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals).


sax

sax (genitive)
sǫx (plural)
sax (indefinite nominative singular)
saxit (definite nominative singular)
sǫx (indefinite nominative plural)
sǫxin (definite nominative plural)
sax (accusative indefinite singular)
saxit (accusative definite singular)
sǫx (accusative indefinite plural)
sǫxin (accusative definite plural)
saxi (dative indefinite singular)
saxinu (dative definite singular)
sǫxum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫxunum (dative definite plural)
sax (genitive indefinite singular)
saxins (definite genitive singular)
saxa (genitive indefinite plural)
saxanna (definite genitive plural)

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sax

Icelandic: sax n

Faroese: saksur m

Norwegian Nynorsk: saks f

Norwegian Bokmål: saks m or f

Swedish: sax c

Danish: saks c

From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).


brant

Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”), as well as barmr (“rim, edge”).


erg

Borrowed from an Old Irish word, probably áirge (“milking place”) (modern Irish áirí).

a word of not entirely certain meaning, roughly shepherd's cottage or hill-pasture


holt

holt

holt (indefinite nominative singular)
holtit (definite nominative singular)
holt (indefinite nominative plural)
holtin (definite nominative plural)
holt (accusative indefinite singular)
holtit (accusative definite singular)
holt (accusative indefinite plural)
holtin (accusative definite plural)
holti (dative indefinite singular)
holtinu (dative definite singular)
holtum (dative indefinite plural)
holtunum (dative definite plural)
holts (genitive indefinite singular)
holtsins (definite genitive singular)
holta (genitive indefinite plural)
holtanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: holt

Faroese: holt

Norwegian: holt

Old Swedish: hult

Swedish: holt, hult

Danish: holt

Old Gutnish: hult


tog

tog

tog (indefinite nominative singular)
togit (definite nominative singular)
tog (indefinite nominative plural)
togin (definite nominative plural)
tog (accusative indefinite singular)
togit (accusative definite singular)
tog (accusative indefinite plural)
togin (accusative definite plural)
togi (dative indefinite singular)
toginu (dative definite singular)
togum (dative indefinite plural)
togunum (dative definite plural)
togs (genitive indefinite singular)
togsins (definite genitive singular)
toga (genitive indefinite plural)
toganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: tog

Faroese: tog

Norwegian Nynorsk: tau, tog

Norwegian: (dialectal) taug, tøg, tug

Norwegian Bokmål: tau

Old Swedish: tugh, togh

Swedish: tåg

Old Danish: tow

Danish: tov

Possibly from an older Proto-Germanic *tugą. Related to the verb toga.


gap

gaps (genitive)
gǫp (plural)
gap (indefinite nominative singular)
gapit (definite nominative singular)
gǫp (indefinite nominative plural)
gǫpin (definite nominative plural)
gap (accusative indefinite singular)
gapit (accusative definite singular)
gǫp (accusative indefinite plural)
gǫpin (accusative definite plural)
gapi (dative indefinite singular)
gapinu (dative definite singular)
gǫpum (dative indefinite plural)
gǫpunum (dative definite plural)
gaps (genitive indefinite singular)
gapsins (definite genitive singular)
gapa (genitive indefinite plural)
gapanna (definite genitive plural)

gap

Danish: gab

Faroese: gap

Icelandic: gap

→ Middle English: gap, gappe

English: gap

Norwegian Bokmål: gap

Norwegian Nynorsk: gap

Swedish: gap

[…] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.

[…] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […]

Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425


tart

accusative singular indefinite of tartr m


maki

maki

maki (indefinite nominative singular)
makinn (definite nominative singular)
makar (indefinite nominative plural)
makarnir (definite nominative plural)
maka (accusative indefinite singular)
makann (accusative definite singular)
maka (accusative indefinite plural)
makana (accusative definite plural)
maka (dative indefinite singular)
makanum (dative definite singular)
mǫkum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫkunum (dative definite plural)
maka (genitive indefinite singular)
makans (definite genitive singular)
maka (genitive indefinite plural)
makanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: maki

Faroese: maki

Norwegian Nynorsk: make

Norwegian Bokmål: make

Old Swedish: maki

Swedish: make c

Danish: mage c


gat

Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt


spik

spiks (genitive)
spik (plural)
spik (indefinite nominative singular)
spikit (definite nominative singular)
spik (indefinite nominative plural)
spikin (definite nominative plural)
spik (accusative indefinite singular)
spikit (accusative definite singular)
spik (accusative indefinite plural)
spikin (accusative definite plural)
spiki (dative indefinite singular)
spikinu (dative definite singular)
spikum (dative indefinite plural)
spikunum (dative definite plural)
spiks (genitive indefinite singular)
spiksins (definite genitive singular)
spika (genitive indefinite plural)
spikanna (definite genitive plural)

spik

Faroese: spik

Icelandic: spik


magi

maga (genitive)
magi (indefinite nominative singular)
maginn (definite nominative singular)
magar (indefinite nominative plural)
magarnir (definite nominative plural)
maga (accusative indefinite singular)
magann (accusative definite singular)
maga (accusative indefinite plural)
magana (accusative definite plural)
maga (dative indefinite singular)
maganum (dative definite singular)
mǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫgunum (dative definite plural)
maga (genitive indefinite singular)
magans (definite genitive singular)
maga (genitive indefinite plural)
maganna (definite genitive plural)

magi

Icelandic: magi

Faroese: magi

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: mage; (dialectal) magi, maga, mågå

→ Norwegian Bokmål: mage

Jamtish: maga

Elfdalian: magi

Old Swedish: maghi

Swedish: mage

Old Danish: maghæ

Danish: mave

Norwegian Bokmål: mave

Gutnish: mage

Scanian: mawe

From Proto-Germanic *magô. Compare Old English and Old Frisian maga, Old Saxon and Old High German mago.


ró

Icelandic: ró

Faroese: ró, rógv

Norwegian:

Norwegian Nynorsk: ro

Norwegian Bokmål: ro

Elfdalian: ruo

Old Swedish: rō

Swedish: ro

Danish: ro


kvinna

kvinnu (genitive)
kvinna (indefinite nominative singular)
kvinnan (definite nominative singular)
kvinnur (indefinite nominative plural)
kvinnurnar (definite nominative plural)
kvinnu (accusative indefinite singular)
kvinnuna (accusative definite singular)
kvinnur (accusative indefinite plural)
kvinnurnar (accusative definite plural)
kvinnu (dative indefinite singular)
kvinnunni (dative definite singular)
kvinnum (dative indefinite plural)
kvinnunum (dative definite plural)
kvinnu (genitive indefinite singular)
kvinnunnar (definite genitive singular)
kvinna (genitive indefinite plural)
kvinnanna (definite genitive plural)

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kvinna

Back-formed from kvenna, kvinna, the genitive plural of kona. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).


maka

mǫku (genitive)
maka (indefinite nominative singular)
makan (definite nominative singular)
mǫkur (indefinite nominative plural)
mǫkurnar (definite nominative plural)
mǫku (accusative indefinite singular)
mǫkuna (accusative definite singular)
mǫkur (accusative indefinite plural)
mǫkurnar (accusative definite plural)
mǫku (dative indefinite singular)
mǫkunni (dative definite singular)
mǫkum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫkunum (dative definite plural)
mǫku (genitive indefinite singular)
mǫkunnar (definite genitive singular)
makna (genitive indefinite plural)
maknanna (definite genitive plural)

maka

Icelandic: maka f

Swedish: maka c


maka

accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki


mold

moldar (genitive)
moldir (plural)
mold (indefinite nominative singular)
moldin (definite nominative singular)
moldar (indefinite nominative plural)
moldarnar (definite nominative plural)
mold (accusative indefinite singular)
moldina (accusative definite singular)
moldar (accusative indefinite plural)
moldarnar (accusative definite plural)
moldu (dative indefinite singular)
moldunni (dative definite singular)
moldum (dative indefinite plural)
moldunum (dative definite plural)
moldar (genitive indefinite singular)
moldarinnar (definite genitive singular)
molda (genitive indefinite plural)
moldanna (definite genitive plural)

mold

Faroese: mold

Icelandic: mold

Norwegian Nynorsk: mold

→ Norwegian Bokmål: mold

Old Swedish: muld

Swedish: mull

Old Danish: muld

Danish: muld

Norwegian Bokmål: muld m or f

From Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”). Cognate with Old English molde (English mold), Old High German molta, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

[…]níu man ek heima, / níu íviðjur,

[…] nine worlds I remember, / nine troll-women
a renowned tree of measure, / 'fore the earth below.


tal

tals (genitive)
tǫl (plural)
tal (indefinite nominative singular)
talit (definite nominative singular)
tǫl (indefinite nominative plural)
tǫlin (definite nominative plural)
tal (accusative indefinite singular)
talit (accusative definite singular)
tǫl (accusative indefinite plural)
tǫlin (accusative definite plural)
tali (dative indefinite singular)
talinu (dative definite singular)
tǫlum (dative indefinite plural)
tǫlunum (dative definite plural)
tals (genitive indefinite singular)
talsins (definite genitive singular)
tala (genitive indefinite plural)
talanna (definite genitive plural)

tal

Danish: tal n

Elfdalian: tal n

Faroese: tal n

Icelandic: tal n

Norwegian Bokmål: tall n

Norwegian Nynorsk: tal n

Swedish: tal n (Old Swedish tal)

From Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital.

[…] kom hún enn til konúngs, ok sátu þau jarl öll samt á tali, […]

Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196

[…] but she came to the king, and yet sat all the jarls in talks, […]

Sneri hann þa nafni Josephs ok kalladi hann heimsins hialpara upp aa Egiptalandz tal ok tungu.

Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204

He turned then, speaking Joseph's name and calling him home for help in speech and tongue of Egyptian lands.

Hon er oc i tale með oðrum himintunglum, […]

Barlaams Saga 137, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 133

She is in that number with other heavenly bodies, […]

[…] þa ſkolo fara a þing oc bioða ſic i tal með oðrom monnom.

Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99

[…] then shall go to the Thing and enter the lists with other men.

(especially in compounds) a tale, list, series


gula

gulu (genitive)
gula (indefinite nominative singular)
gulan (definite nominative singular)
gulur (indefinite nominative plural)
gulurnar (definite nominative plural)
gulu (accusative indefinite singular)
guluna (accusative definite singular)
gulur (accusative indefinite plural)
gulurnar (accusative definite plural)
gulu (dative indefinite singular)
gulunni (dative definite singular)
gulum (dative indefinite plural)
gulunum (dative definite plural)
gulu (genitive indefinite singular)
gulunnar (definite genitive singular)
gulna (genitive indefinite plural)
gulnanna (definite genitive plural)

gula


gula

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


vin

vinjar (genitive)
vinjar (plural)
vin (indefinite nominative singular)
vinin (definite nominative singular)
vinjar (indefinite nominative plural)
vinjarnar (definite nominative plural)
vin (accusative indefinite singular)
vinina (accusative definite singular)
vinjar (accusative indefinite plural)
vinjarnar (accusative definite plural)
vin (dative indefinite singular)
vininni (dative definite singular)
vinjum (dative indefinite plural)
vinjunum (dative definite plural)
vinjar (genitive indefinite singular)
vinjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
vinja (genitive indefinite plural)
vinjanna (definite genitive plural)

vin

Vinje

(as prefix) Vinland

(as suffix) Bjørgvin, Granvin, Hornindal; Bergen, Løten, Røyken, Sande, Skodje, Time; Halsa; Bodø; Gjerdrum.

From Proto-Germanic *winjō, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for, wish for”). Related to Frankish *winna, *wenne (in toponyms), Old High German winne, and Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰 (winja, “meadow, pasture”).


folk

non-decl-blank-full

folk

folk (indefinite nominative singular)
folkit (definite nominative singular)
folk (indefinite nominative plural)
folkin (definite nominative plural)
folk (accusative indefinite singular)
folkit (accusative definite singular)
folk (accusative indefinite plural)
folkin (accusative definite plural)
folki (dative indefinite singular)
folkinu (dative definite singular)
folkum (dative indefinite plural)
folkunum (dative definite plural)
folks (genitive indefinite singular)
folksins (definite genitive singular)
folka (genitive indefinite plural)
folkanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: fólk

Faroese: fólk

Norn: folekar

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: folk; (dialectal) fólk, fókk, følk, fælk

Jamtish: fołk

Elfdalian: fuok

Old Swedish: folk, fulk

Swedish: folk

Old Danish: folk

Danish: folk

Norwegian Bokmål: folk

Scanian: fólk

Old Gutnish: fulk

Gutnish: fålk


bani

non-decl-blank-full

bani

bani (indefinite nominative singular)
baninn (definite nominative singular)
banar (indefinite nominative plural)
banarnir (definite nominative plural)
bana (accusative indefinite singular)
banann (accusative definite singular)
bana (accusative indefinite plural)
banana (accusative definite plural)
bana (dative indefinite singular)
bananum (dative definite singular)
bǫnum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫnunum (dative definite plural)
bana (genitive indefinite singular)
banans (definite genitive singular)
bana (genitive indefinite plural)
bananna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: bani

Faroese: bani

Norn: bani

Norwegian Nynorsk: bane

Old Swedish: bani

Swedish: bane

Old Danish: banæ

Danish: bane

Norwegian Bokmål: bane


borg

borgar (genitive)
borgir (plural)
borg (indefinite nominative singular)
borgin (definite nominative singular)
borgir (indefinite nominative plural)
borgirnar (definite nominative plural)
borg (accusative indefinite singular)
borgina (accusative definite singular)
borgir (accusative indefinite plural)
borgirnar (accusative definite plural)
borgu (dative indefinite singular)
borgunni (dative definite singular)
borgum (dative indefinite plural)
borgunum (dative definite plural)
borgar (genitive indefinite singular)
borgarinnar (definite genitive singular)
borga (genitive indefinite plural)
borganna (definite genitive plural)

borg

Icelandic: borg

Faroese: borg

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: borg; (dialectal) børg

Elfdalian: borg

Old Swedish: borgh

Swedish: borg

Danish: borg

Norwegian Bokmål: borg

Old Gutnish: burg, borg

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).


Galiza

Galizu (genitive)
Galiza (indefinite nominative)
Galizu (accusative indefinite)
Galizu (dative indefinite)
Galizu (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Galiza

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

autonomous community
autonomous community

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


tré

trés (genitive)
tré (plural)
tré (indefinite nominative singular)
tréit (definite nominative singular)
tré (indefinite nominative plural)
tréin (definite nominative plural)
tré (accusative indefinite singular)
tréit (accusative definite singular)
tré (accusative indefinite plural)
tréin (accusative definite plural)
tré (dative indefinite singular)
trénu (dative definite singular)
trjám (dative indefinite plural)
trjóm (dative indefinite plural)
trjánum (dative definite plural)
trjónum (dative definite plural)
trés (genitive indefinite singular)
trésins (definite genitive singular)
trjá (genitive indefinite plural)
tría (genitive indefinite plural)
trjánna (definite genitive plural)
tríanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

tré

Icelandic: tré

Faroese: træ

Norwegian Nynorsk: tre

Dalecarlian: trai

Old Swedish: trǣ

desc

Swedish: trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”) (from the definite)

Scanian: træ

Danish: træ

Norwegian Bokmål: tre

From Proto-Germanic *trewą, whence also Old English trēow (whence English tree), Old Frisian trē, Old Saxon treo, Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu).


kall

kalls (genitive)
kall (indefinite nominative singular)
kallit (definite nominative singular)
kǫll (indefinite nominative plural)
kǫllin (definite nominative plural)
kall (accusative indefinite singular)
kallit (accusative definite singular)
kǫll (accusative indefinite plural)
kǫllin (accusative definite plural)
kalli (dative indefinite singular)
kallinu (dative definite singular)
kǫllum (dative indefinite plural)
kǫllunum (dative definite plural)
kalls (genitive indefinite singular)
kallsins (definite genitive singular)
kalla (genitive indefinite plural)
kallanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

kall

Danish: kald

Norwegian Bokmål: kall

Icelandic: kall

Norwegian Nynorsk: kall

Swedish: kall


skip

skips (genitive)
skip (plural)
skip (indefinite nominative singular)
skipit (definite nominative singular)
skip (indefinite nominative plural)
skipin (definite nominative plural)
skip (accusative indefinite singular)
skipit (accusative definite singular)
skip (accusative indefinite plural)
skipin (accusative definite plural)
skipi (dative indefinite singular)
skipinu (dative definite singular)
skipum (dative indefinite plural)
skipunum (dative definite plural)
skips (genitive indefinite singular)
skipsins (definite genitive singular)
skipa (genitive indefinite plural)
skipanna (definite genitive plural)

skip

Icelandic: skip

Faroese: skip

Norwegian Nynorsk: skip

Old Swedish: skip

Swedish: skepp

Old Danish: skip

Danish: skib

Norwegian Bokmål: skip

Scanian: śevv

→ Irish: scib

→ Scottish Gaelic: sgioba

From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).


stig

stig

stig (indefinite nominative singular)
stigit (definite nominative singular)
stig (indefinite nominative plural)
stigin (definite nominative plural)
stig (accusative indefinite singular)
stigit (accusative definite singular)
stig (accusative indefinite plural)
stigin (accusative definite plural)
stigi (dative indefinite singular)
stiginu (dative definite singular)
stigum (dative indefinite plural)
stigunum (dative definite plural)
stigs (genitive indefinite singular)
stigsins (definite genitive singular)
stiga (genitive indefinite plural)
stiganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: stig

Faroese: stig

Norwegian Nynorsk: steg

Norwegian Bokmål: steg


boga

inflection of bogi:
accusative/dative/genitive singular

inflection of bogi:
accusative/genitive plural


tá

tár (genitive)
tær (plural)
tá (indefinite nominative singular)
táin (definite nominative singular)
tær (indefinite nominative plural)
tærnar (definite nominative plural)
tá (accusative indefinite singular)
tána (accusative definite singular)
tær (accusative indefinite plural)
tærnar (accusative definite plural)
tá (dative indefinite singular)
tánni (dative definite singular)
tám (dative indefinite plural)
tánum (dative definite plural)
tár (genitive indefinite singular)
tárinnar (definite genitive singular)
tá (genitive indefinite plural)
tánna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-f-c

Even though the word originally is an on-stem (cf. Proto-Germanic <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*taihwǭ</i>), it is inflected as a strong consonant stem in Old Norse.

non-decl-blank-full

tá

Icelandic: tá

Faroese: tá

Norwegian Nynorsk: tå

Norwegian Bokmål: tå

Swedish: tå

Danish: tå


tá

tás (genitive)
tá (plural)
tá (indefinite nominative singular)
táit (definite nominative singular)
tá (indefinite nominative plural)
táin (definite nominative plural)
tá (accusative indefinite singular)
táit (accusative definite singular)
tá (accusative indefinite plural)
táin (accusative definite plural)
tái (dative indefinite singular)
tá (dative indefinite singular)
táinu (dative definite singular)
tánu (dative definite singular)
tám (dative indefinite plural)
tánum (dative definite plural)
tás (genitive indefinite singular)
tásins (definite genitive singular)
tá (genitive indefinite plural)
tánna (definite genitive plural)

tá

Icelandic: tá

Norwegian Nynorsk: tåg

Old Swedish: tā, ⇒ fortā

Swedish: tå (dialectal)

⇒ Old Danish: fortā, fortæ

Danish: forte

Danish: fortov

desc

Norwegian Bokmål: fortau (also from a dialectal form of fortåg)

From Proto-Germanic *tanhwą. Compare Finnish tanhua (“stockyard”), which was borrowed from Proto-Norse or Proto-Germanic. The noun itself is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“tough”).


lán

láns (genitive)
lán (plural)
lán (indefinite nominative singular)
lánit (definite nominative singular)
lán (indefinite nominative plural)
lánin (definite nominative plural)
lán (accusative indefinite singular)
lánit (accusative definite singular)
lán (accusative indefinite plural)
lánin (accusative definite plural)
láni (dative indefinite singular)
láninu (dative definite singular)
lánum (dative indefinite plural)
lánunum (dative definite plural)
láns (genitive indefinite singular)
lánsins (definite genitive singular)
lána (genitive indefinite plural)
lánanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

lán

Danish: lån

Faroese: lán

Icelandic: lán

Norwegian Bokmål: lån

Norwegian Nynorsk: lån

Swedish: lån


messa

messu (genitive)
messur (plural)
messa (indefinite nominative singular)
messan (definite nominative singular)
messur (indefinite nominative plural)
messurnar (definite nominative plural)
messu (accusative indefinite singular)
messuna (accusative definite singular)
messur (accusative indefinite plural)
messurnar (accusative definite plural)
messu (dative indefinite singular)
messunni (dative definite singular)
messum (dative indefinite plural)
messunum (dative definite plural)
messu (genitive indefinite singular)
messunnar (definite genitive singular)
messna (genitive indefinite plural)
messnanna (definite genitive plural)

messa

Icelandic: messa

Norwegian Nynorsk: messe

Swedish mässa c


heri

Icelandic: héri

Norwegian Bokmål: hare

Norwegian Nynorsk: hare

Elfdalian: eri

Old Swedish: hari

Swedish: hare

Danish: hare

→ Faroese: hara f

→ Middle English: here, ere

Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.


haka

hǫku (genitive)
hǫkur (plural)
haka (indefinite nominative singular)
hakan (definite nominative singular)
hǫkur (indefinite nominative plural)
hǫkurnar (definite nominative plural)
hǫku (accusative indefinite singular)
hǫkuna (accusative definite singular)
hǫkur (accusative indefinite plural)
hǫkurnar (accusative definite plural)
hǫku (dative indefinite singular)
hǫkunni (dative definite singular)
hǫkum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫkunum (dative definite plural)
hǫku (genitive indefinite singular)
hǫkunnar (definite genitive singular)
hakna (genitive indefinite plural)
haknanna (definite genitive plural)

haka

Icelandic: haka

Faroese: høka

Norwegian: hake

Swedish: haka

Danish: hage

Related to the root of haki (“hook, pick”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô, referring to something pointing out.


klara

indefinite accusative/genitive plural of karl


mór

mós (genitive)
móar (plural)
mór (indefinite nominative singular)
mórinn (definite nominative singular)
móar (indefinite nominative plural)
móarnir (definite nominative plural)
mó (accusative indefinite singular)
móinn (accusative definite singular)
móa (accusative indefinite plural)
móana (accusative definite plural)
mó (dative indefinite singular)
mói (dative indefinite singular)
móinum (dative definite singular)
móm (dative indefinite plural)
mónum (dative definite plural)
mós (genitive indefinite singular)
mósins (definite genitive singular)
móa (genitive indefinite plural)
móanna (definite genitive plural)

mór

Icelandic: mór

Norwegian Nynorsk: mo

Norwegian Bokmål: mo

Variant of mǫr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.


burr

burr

burr (indefinite nominative singular)
burrinn (definite nominative singular)
burir (indefinite nominative plural)
burirnir (definite nominative plural)
bur (accusative indefinite singular)
burinn (accusative definite singular)
buri (accusative indefinite plural)
burina (accusative definite plural)
bur (dative indefinite singular)
burinum (dative definite singular)
burum (dative indefinite plural)
burunum (dative definite plural)
burar (genitive indefinite singular)
burarins (definite genitive singular)
bura (genitive indefinite plural)
buranna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: bur

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“male offspring; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”). Cognate with Old English byre, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur).

der

verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)

He [Thor] shook his beard / his hair was bristling / as the son of Jorth / about him sought.

Skegg nam at hrista / skǫr nam at dýja, / réð Jarðar burr / um at þreifask.

(when preceded by genitive of jǫrð) kenning for Thor


bora

boru (genitive)
borur (plural)
bora (indefinite nominative singular)
boran (definite nominative singular)
borur (indefinite nominative plural)
borurnar (definite nominative plural)
boru (accusative indefinite singular)
boruna (accusative definite singular)
borur (accusative indefinite plural)
borurnar (accusative definite plural)
boru (dative indefinite singular)
borunni (dative definite singular)
borum (dative indefinite plural)
borunum (dative definite plural)
boru (genitive indefinite singular)
borunnar (definite genitive singular)
borna (genitive indefinite plural)
bornanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

bora

Norwegian Nynorsk: bore f

From Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to drill, pierce, bore”).


bora

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

inflection of borr:
indefinite accusative plural

inflection of borr:
indefinite genitive plural


afa

enmity; the state of being enemies with another person


hella

hellu (genitive)
hella (indefinite nominative singular)
hellan (definite nominative singular)
hellur (indefinite nominative plural)
hellurnar (definite nominative plural)
hellu (accusative indefinite singular)
helluna (accusative definite singular)
hellur (accusative indefinite plural)
hellurnar (accusative definite plural)
hellu (dative indefinite singular)
hellunni (dative definite singular)
hellum (dative indefinite plural)
hellunum (dative definite plural)
hellu (genitive indefinite singular)
hellunnar (definite genitive singular)
hellna (genitive indefinite plural)
hellnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hella

Icelandic: hella

Norwegian Nynorsk: helle

Norwegian Bokmål: helle

From Proto-Germanic *hallijǭ. Related to hallr.


hella

accusative plural and genitive plural of hellir


ama

From Proto-Germanic *ammōną (“to irritate, bother”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to insist, urge”).


lax

lax (genitive)
laxar (plural)
lax (indefinite nominative singular)
laxinn (definite nominative singular)
laxar (indefinite nominative plural)
laxarnir (definite nominative plural)
lax (accusative indefinite singular)
laxinn (accusative definite singular)
laxa (accusative indefinite plural)
laxana (accusative definite plural)
laxi (dative indefinite singular)
laxinum (dative definite singular)
lǫxum (dative indefinite plural)
lǫxunum (dative definite plural)
lax (genitive indefinite singular)
laxins (definite genitive singular)
laxa (genitive indefinite plural)
laxanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

lax

Icelandic: lax

Faroese: laksur

Norn: laks

Norwegian Nynorsk: laks

Elfdalian: laks

Old Swedish: lax

Swedish: lax

Old Danish: lax

Danish: laks

Norwegian Bokmål: laks

Gutnish: lax

From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. Cognate with Old English leax, German Lachs, English lox, Old High German lahs, Yiddish לאַקס (laks).


fé

fjár (genitive)
fé (indefinite nominative singular)
féit (definite nominative singular)
fé (indefinite nominative plural)
féin (definite nominative plural)
fé (accusative indefinite singular)
féit (accusative definite singular)
fé (accusative indefinite plural)
féin (accusative definite plural)
fé (dative indefinite singular)
fénu (dative definite singular)
féum (dative indefinite plural)
fjám (dative indefinite plural)
fjóm (dative indefinite plural)
fjánum (dative definite plural)
fjónum (dative definite plural)
féar (genitive indefinite singular)
fjár (genitive indefinite singular)
féar (definite genitive singular)
fjárins (definite genitive singular)
féa (genitive indefinite plural)
fjá (genitive indefinite plural)
féa (definite genitive plural)
fjánna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-m-u

The gen. sg./pl. & dat. pl. forms come from the West Norse change -éa- > -já-. Compare sjá, whereas East N. séa.

non-decl-blank-full

fé

Icelandic: fé

Faroese: fæ

Norwegian Nynorsk: fe; (dialectal) fi

Norwegian Bokmål: fe

Old Swedish: fǣ

Swedish: fä

Danish: fæ

From Proto-Germanic *fehu (“livestock, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

fjárforráð

administration (management) of one's money

fjárvarðveizla

property management; tending of sheep or cattle

fékrókar

money-crooks: wrinkles about the eyes marking a greedy man

metfé

a thing having a special value set upon it

útifé

cattle that graze outside (in the winter)


æra

æru (genitive)
æra (indefinite nominative singular)
æran (definite nominative singular)
æru (accusative indefinite singular)
æruna (accusative definite singular)
æru (dative indefinite singular)
ærunni (dative definite singular)
æru (genitive indefinite singular)
ærunnar (definite genitive singular)

non-decl-blank-sing

æra

Danish: ære

Icelandic: æra

Faroese: æra

Norwegian Nynorsk: ære

Norwegian Bokmål: ære

Swedish: ära

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (“honour, renown, glory”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu (“honour; respect, reverence”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“fear, reverence; glory”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂, from *h₂eys- (“to respect”). Doublet of eir.


sinn

non-decl-blank-full

sinn

sinn (indefinite nominative singular)
sinnit (definite nominative singular)
sinn (indefinite nominative plural)
sinnin (definite nominative plural)
sinn (accusative indefinite singular)
sinnit (accusative definite singular)
sinn (accusative indefinite plural)
sinnin (accusative definite plural)
sinni (dative indefinite singular)
sinninu (dative definite singular)
sinnum (dative indefinite plural)
sinnunum (dative definite plural)
sinns (genitive indefinite singular)
sinnsins (definite genitive singular)
sinna (genitive indefinite plural)
sinnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old English sīþ, Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīth, Old High German sind, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs).


fata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tunga

tungu (genitive)
tungur (plural)
tunga (indefinite nominative singular)
tungan (definite nominative singular)
tungur (indefinite nominative plural)
tungurnar (definite nominative plural)
tungu (accusative indefinite singular)
tunguna (accusative definite singular)
tungur (accusative indefinite plural)
tungurnar (accusative definite plural)
tungu (dative indefinite singular)
tungunni (dative definite singular)
tungum (dative indefinite plural)
tungunum (dative definite plural)
tungu (genitive indefinite singular)
tungunnar (definite genitive singular)
tungna (genitive indefinite plural)
tungnanna (definite genitive plural)

tunga

Icelandic: tunga

Faroese: tunga

Norn: tunga

Elfdalian: tungga

Norwegian: tunge

Old Swedish: tunga
Swedish: tunga

Old Danish: tungæ
Danish: tunge

Gutnish: tungge, tunggå, tungga

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.


grund

non-noun

grund f (genitive grundar, plural grundir)

grundar (genitive)
grundir (plural)
grund (indefinite nominative singular)
grundin (definite nominative singular)
grundir (indefinite nominative plural)
grundirnar (definite nominative plural)
grund (accusative indefinite singular)
grundina (accusative definite singular)
grundir (accusative indefinite plural)
grundirnar (accusative definite plural)
grund (dative indefinite singular)
grundu (dative indefinite singular)
grundinni (dative definite singular)
grundum (dative indefinite plural)
grundunum (dative definite plural)
grundar (genitive indefinite singular)
grundarinnar (definite genitive singular)
grunda (genitive indefinite plural)
grundanna (definite genitive plural)

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grund

Icelandic: grund f

Faroese: grund f

Swedish: grund c

Danish: grund c

Related to Old Norse grunn (“shallow, shoal”). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa (“to grow”).


vitt

vitt

vitt (indefinite nominative singular)
vittit (definite nominative singular)
vitt (indefinite nominative plural)
vittin (definite nominative plural)
vitt (accusative indefinite singular)
vittit (accusative definite singular)
vitt (accusative indefinite plural)
vittin (accusative definite plural)
vitti (dative indefinite singular)
vittinu (dative definite singular)
vittum (dative indefinite plural)
vittunum (dative definite plural)
vitts (genitive indefinite singular)
vittsins (definite genitive singular)
vitta (genitive indefinite plural)
vittanna (definite genitive plural)

Ultimately from vita (“to know”). Compare vitka or vitta (“bewitch”) and vitki (“wizard”) (cognate with Old English witga (“prophet”)). Perhaps a doublet of vit (“wisdom”).

vitta vættr

creature of charms [bewitched wight, witch, warlock]


tangi

tanga (genitive)
tangi (indefinite nominative singular)
tanginn (definite nominative singular)
tangar (indefinite nominative plural)
tangarnir (definite nominative plural)
tanga (accusative indefinite singular)
tangann (accusative definite singular)
tanga (accusative indefinite plural)
tangana (accusative definite plural)
tanga (dative indefinite singular)
tanganum (dative definite singular)
tǫngum (dative indefinite plural)
tǫngunum (dative definite plural)
tanga (genitive indefinite singular)
tangans (definite genitive singular)
tanga (genitive indefinite plural)
tanganna (definite genitive plural)

tangi

Icelandic: tangi

Faroese: tangi

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: tange; (dialectal) tangi, tångje

Swedish: tånge, tång

Danish: tange

Norwegian Bokmål: tange

From Proto-Germanic *tang-, related to *tangō (“pliers, tongs”).


úr

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úr

úr (indefinite nominative singular)
úrit (definite nominative singular)
úr (indefinite nominative plural)
úrin (definite nominative plural)
úr (accusative indefinite singular)
úrit (accusative definite singular)
úr (accusative indefinite plural)
úrin (accusative definite plural)
úri (dative indefinite singular)
úrinu (dative definite singular)
úrum (dative indefinite plural)
úrunum (dative definite plural)
úrs (genitive indefinite singular)
úrsins (definite genitive singular)
úra (genitive indefinite plural)
úranna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: úr n

Faroese: úr n

Norwegian: ur m

Old Swedish: ūr

Swedish: (obsolete) ur

⇒ Swedish: i ur och skur

⇒ Swedish: urvæta

⇒ Swedish: urväder

→ Early Scots: *ur

Scots: ure, ur, oor (“drizzle”)

desc

⇒ Scots: urey, oorie, ourie (“rainy, hazy, rainbowy”)

From Proto-Germanic *ūrą, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).


brim

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brim

brim (indefinite nominative singular)
brimit (definite nominative singular)
brim (indefinite nominative plural)
brimin (definite nominative plural)
brim (accusative indefinite singular)
brimit (accusative definite singular)
brim (accusative indefinite plural)
brimin (accusative definite plural)
brimi (dative indefinite singular)
briminu (dative definite singular)
brimum (dative indefinite plural)
brimunum (dative definite plural)
brims (genitive indefinite singular)
brimsins (definite genitive singular)
brima (genitive indefinite plural)
brimanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: brim

Faroese: brim


karl

karl

karl (indefinite nominative singular)
karlinn (definite nominative singular)
karlar (indefinite nominative plural)
karlarnir (definite nominative plural)
karl (accusative indefinite singular)
karlinn (accusative definite singular)
karla (accusative indefinite plural)
karlana (accusative definite plural)
karli (dative indefinite singular)
karlinum (dative definite singular)
kǫrlum (dative indefinite plural)
kǫrlunum (dative definite plural)
karls (genitive indefinite singular)
karlsins (definite genitive singular)
karla (genitive indefinite plural)
karlanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: karl

Faroese: kallur

Norwegian: kall, kar

→ Danish: kar

Norwegian Bokmål: kar

q

< <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*karaz</i>

Jamtish: kall, karr (< *karaz)

Elfdalian: kall

Old Swedish: karilʀ

Swedish: karl

Danish: karl, kal

Norwegian Bokmål: kall

⇒ Old Norse: Karl (given name)

Icelandic: Karl, Carl

Faroese: Karl

Norwegian: Karl, Carl

Old Swedish: Karl

Swedish: Karl, Carl

Old Danish: Karl

Danish: Karl, Carl

→ Greenlandic: Karl, Kaarali, Kaarale

⇒ Old Norse: Karli, Karle, Kalli (diminutive)

Icelandic: Karli

Norwegian: Karle, Kalle, Calle

Old Swedish: Karle, Kalle

desc

Swedish: Karli, Karle, Carli, Carlie, Karly, Kalle, Calle

→ Estonian: Kalle

Old Danish: Karli

Danish: Karli, Karly, Kalle, Calle

→ Greenlandic: Kaali

→ Finnish: Karli, Karle, Kaarle, Kalle, Kale, Kali, Kalla, Kallu

→ Estonian: Kalle

→ Swedish: Kaarle

→ Sami: Gállá, Kálle

→ English: Karl, Carl

→ Cebuano: Karl, Carl

→ Finnish: Karl

→ Sami: Kárral

→ Middle English: carl

Scots: carl, cairl, karl

English: carl

Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ċeorl, ċiorl, Old High German karal, karl.

arftǫkukarl

one taken as someone who has made another his heir

karlsvipt

relationship by descent on the male side

c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza
Þat’s vǫ́ lítil, · at vér síðim
karla bǫrn · ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr · réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds · á Haðalandi.
It's little harm that we should practice sorcery,
the children of peasants and their wives,
when Rainwald ‘straight-leg’ practices sorcery,
Harold’s famous son, in Hadeland.

freeman; one belonging to the social class between slaves and nobles


reka

Icelandic: reka

Norwegian: reka, reke

From Proto-Germanic *rekǭ, *rakō (“rake”), whence also Old Saxon reka, Old High German recho. Also related to Old English raca, racu.