hinna

hinnu (genitive)
hinna (indefinite nominative singular)
hinnan (definite nominative singular)
hinnur (indefinite nominative plural)
hinnurnar (definite nominative plural)
hinnu (accusative indefinite singular)
hinnuna (accusative definite singular)
hinnur (accusative indefinite plural)
hinnurnar (accusative definite plural)
hinnu (dative indefinite singular)
hinnunni (dative definite singular)
hinnum (dative indefinite plural)
hinnunum (dative definite plural)
hinnu (genitive indefinite singular)
hinnunnar (definite genitive singular)
hinna (genitive indefinite plural)
hinnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hinna

Danish: hinde

Norwegian Nynorsk: hinne

Norwegian Bokmål: hinne

Swedish: hinna

From Proto-Germanic *hinnō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sken-, *(s)ken(t)-no (“to split off”).


dyngja

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“secluded room, bower”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).


dyngja

Icelandic: dyngja

desc

Faroese: dyngja (“heap, pile, multitude, crowd”)

Norn: dongja (“heap, pile”)

Norwegian Bokmål: dynge

Norwegian Nynorsk: dyngje (“heap, pile”)

Old Swedish: dyngia

Swedish: dynga

Danish: dynge

Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“covering, pile”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, overcast”).


kaggi

Icelandic: kaggi m

Swedish: kagge c

→ Middle English: *kagge, kag

English: keg, cag

Scots: cag, caig

→ Old French: caque

Middle French: kaque, quaque

French: caque

From the Germanic base *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”), also found in dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”) + -gi (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze, gorse”), whence English chag (“branch”). The ultimate origin could be related to English cog, or Old English cæg.


fýri

From Proto-Germanic *furhiją (“forest of firs”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“tree, oak, fir”). Cognate with Old High German forst (“pine wood, pine forest”), Old English fyrhþ (“wooded country”). More at forest.


teina

non-decl-blank-full

teina

teina (indefinite nominative singular)
teinan (definite nominative singular)
teinur (indefinite nominative plural)
teinurnar (definite nominative plural)
teinu (accusative indefinite singular)
teinuna (accusative definite singular)
teinur (accusative indefinite plural)
teinurnar (accusative definite plural)
teinu (dative indefinite singular)
teinunni (dative definite singular)
teinum (dative indefinite plural)
teinunum (dative definite plural)
teinu (genitive indefinite singular)
teinunnar (definite genitive singular)
teinna (genitive indefinite plural)
teinnanna (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f

Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

From Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; wicker basket”), derived from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Cognates include Middle English tenel.


teina

inflection of teinn:
indefinite accusative plural

inflection of teinn:
indefinite genitive plural


konurnar

definite nominative/accusative plural of kona


sóknbára

Kenning of sókn (“battle, undertaking”) + bára (“wave”).

compound

c. 12th century, Háttalykill inn forni (attributed to Rögnvald Kali Kolsson of Orkney and Hall Þórarinsson in the Orkneyinga saga), verse 66

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

vann blóðroðin benja / benflœðr skolat rœði, / sóknbára gat sára / sárvǫrm þvegit árar.


vé

vés (genitive)
vé (indefinite nominative singular)
véit (definite nominative singular)
vé (indefinite nominative plural)
véin (definite nominative plural)
vé (accusative indefinite singular)
véit (accusative definite singular)
vé (accusative indefinite plural)
véin (accusative definite plural)
vé (dative indefinite singular)
vénu (dative definite singular)
véum (dative indefinite plural)
véunum (dative definite plural)
vés (genitive indefinite singular)
vésins (definite genitive singular)
véa (genitive indefinite plural)
véanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

vé

Icelandic: vé

Norwegian Nynorsk: ve

Norwegian Bokmål: ve

Old Swedish: vī (only in place-names)

Swedish: vi

Old Danish: wī (only in place-names)

Danish: vi

Old Gutnish: wí

⇒ Old Norse: Óðinsvé

Icelandic: Óðinsvé

Danish: Odense

→ English: Odense

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred area, sanctuary”).

inh

(Germanic paganism) sanctuary, holy place (especially an outdoor space whose boundary is marked off by set stones or rope)


vé

framm óðu vé


glyrna

non-decl-blank-full

glyrna

glyrna (indefinite nominative singular)
glyrnan (definite nominative singular)
glyrnur (indefinite nominative plural)
glyrnurnar (definite nominative plural)
glyrnu (accusative indefinite singular)
glyrnuna (accusative definite singular)
glyrnur (accusative indefinite plural)
glyrnurnar (accusative definite plural)
glyrnu (dative indefinite singular)
glyrnunni (dative definite singular)
glyrnum (dative indefinite plural)
glyrnunum (dative definite plural)
glyrnu (genitive indefinite singular)
glyrnunnar (definite genitive singular)
glyrna (genitive indefinite plural)
glyrnanna (definite genitive plural)


agn

agns (genitive)
ǫgn (plural)
agn (indefinite nominative singular)
agnit (definite nominative singular)
ǫgn (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫgnin (definite nominative plural)
agn (accusative indefinite singular)
agnit (accusative definite singular)
ǫgn (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫgnin (accusative definite plural)
agni (dative indefinite singular)
agninu (dative definite singular)
ǫgnum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫgnunum (dative definite plural)
agns (genitive indefinite singular)
agnsins (definite genitive singular)
agna (genitive indefinite plural)
agnanna (definite genitive plural)

agn

Icelandic: agn

Faroese: agn

Norwegian Nynorsk: agn

Norwegian Bokmål: agn

Swedish: agn

Danish: agn

From Proto-Germanic *aganą (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

agnsax

bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing


vindauga

non-noun

vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)

vindauga (genitive)
vindaugu (plural)
vindauga (indefinite nominative singular)
vindaugat (definite nominative singular)
vindaugu (indefinite nominative plural)
vindaugun (definite nominative plural)
vindauga (accusative indefinite singular)
vindaugat (accusative definite singular)
vindaugu (accusative indefinite plural)
vindaugun (accusative definite plural)
vindauga (dative indefinite singular)
vindauganu (dative definite singular)
vindaugum (dative indefinite plural)
vindaugunum (dative definite plural)
vindauga (genitive indefinite singular)
vindaugans (definite genitive singular)
vindaugna (genitive indefinite plural)
vindaugnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

vindauga

Icelandic: vindauga n

Faroese: vindeyga n

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: vindauga n, vindauge n

Old Swedish: vindøgha

Swedish: vindöga n (archaic, dialectal)

Old Danish: windughe

Danish: vindue n

→ Norwegian Bokmål: vindu n

desctree

→ Middle English: wyndowe
English: window (dialectal windon, obsolete windore)
Scots: winda, windae, wunda, wundae; winnock, wunnock

→ Middle Irish: fuindeóc f

Irish: fuinneog f

Manx: uinnag f

Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f

vindr (“wind”) + auga (“eye”)
For semantic parallels, compare Old English ēagþȳrel (“window”, literally “eye-hole”) from Old English ēaġe (“eye”) and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (“window”) from Proto-Slavic *ȍko (“eye”).


kyrtill

Danish: kjortel, kjole

→ Faroese: kjóli

→ Greenlandic: kjoleq

→ Icelandic: kjóll

Faroese: kyrtil

Icelandic: kyrtill

Norwegian (Nynorsk): kjortel

Norwegian (Bokmål): kjortel

Swedish: kjortel

Probably borrowed from Latin curtus (“short”), along with Old English cyrtel.

(clothing) kirtle, tunic (a one-piece garment)


samræði

samræðis (genitive)
samræði (indefinite nominative singular)
samræðit (definite nominative singular)
samræði (indefinite nominative plural)
samræðin (definite nominative plural)
samræði (accusative indefinite singular)
samræðit (accusative definite singular)
samræði (accusative indefinite plural)
samræðin (accusative definite plural)
samræði (dative indefinite singular)
samræðinu (dative definite singular)
samræðum (dative indefinite plural)
samræðunum (dative definite plural)
samræðis (genitive indefinite singular)
samræðisins (definite genitive singular)
samræða (genitive indefinite plural)
samræðanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

samræði

Icelandic: samræði


trýni

trýna (genitive)
trýni (indefinite nominative singular)
trýninn (definite nominative singular)
trýnar (indefinite nominative plural)
trýnarnir (definite nominative plural)
trýna (accusative indefinite singular)
trýnann (accusative definite singular)
trýna (accusative indefinite plural)
trýnana (accusative definite plural)
trýna (dative indefinite singular)
trýnanum (dative definite singular)
trýnum (dative indefinite plural)
trýnunum (dative definite plural)
trýna (genitive indefinite singular)
trýnans (definite genitive singular)
trýna (genitive indefinite plural)
trýnanna (definite genitive plural)

trýni

Icelandic: trýni

Norn: trøni

Norwegian Nynorsk: tryne

Norwegian Bokmål: tryne

Swedish: tryne

Danish: tryne


hœkja

Faroese: høkja

Icelandic: hækja

Norwegian (Nynorsk): høkje

Norn: hek

Akin to Old English hæcce (“crosier”), and hōc (“hook”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz).


arta

ǫrtu (genitive)
arta (indefinite nominative singular)
artan (definite nominative singular)
ǫrtur (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫrturnar (definite nominative plural)
ǫrtu (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫrtuna (accusative definite singular)
ǫrtur (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫrturnar (accusative definite plural)
ǫrtu (dative indefinite singular)
ǫrtunni (dative definite singular)
ǫrtum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫrtunum (dative definite plural)
ǫrtu (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫrtunnar (definite genitive singular)
artna (genitive indefinite plural)
artnanna (definite genitive plural)

arta


hrosshvalr

Old Norse: rosmhvalr, rosmáll (possibly of another origin)

Icelandic: rosmhvalur

Norwegian Nynorsk: rossmål

→ Norwegian Bokmål: rossmål

Danish: rosmer

Old Norse: *hvalhross

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalross (partially from Dutch)

Swedish: valross

Danish: hvalros

Norwegian Bokmål: hvalross

→ English: walrus

→ Dutch: (obsolete) walros, walrus

→ Afrikaans: walrus

→ German: Walross

→ Middle Irish: rosualt

→ Irish: rosualt

desc

→ Scottish Gaelic: rosualt, reasual, ruashual, rochaid, rochaidh

→ Old French: roal, rohal

→⇒ Middle English: rewell bon, ruel bon

→ English: ruel-bone


hvalr

non-noun

hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)

hvals (genitive)
hvalar (plural)
hvalir (plural)
hvalr (indefinite nominative singular)
hvalrinn (definite nominative singular)
hvalar (indefinite nominative plural)
hvalir (indefinite nominative plural)
hvalarnir (definite nominative plural)
hvalirnir (definite nominative plural)
hval (accusative indefinite singular)
hvalinn (accusative definite singular)
hvala (accusative indefinite plural)
hvali (accusative indefinite plural)
hvalana (accusative definite plural)
hvalina (accusative definite plural)
hvali (dative indefinite singular)
hvalinum (dative definite singular)
hvǫlum (dative indefinite plural)
hvǫlunum (dative definite plural)
hvals (genitive indefinite singular)
hvalsins (definite genitive singular)
hvala (genitive indefinite plural)
hvalanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hvalr

Icelandic: hvalur

Faroese: hvalur

Norn: hval

Norwegian Nynorsk: kval

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kval

Elfdalian: wal

Old Swedish: hval

Swedish: val

Scanian: hval

Old Danish: hwal

Danish: hval

Norwegian Bokmål: hval

Gutnish: val

From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.

Skera hval.


alnar

inflection of alin:
indefinite genitive singular

inflection of alin:
indefinite nominative/accusative plural

inflection of ǫln:
indefinite genitive singular

inflection of ǫln:
indefinite nominative/accusative plural


stigit

definite nominative/accusative singular of stig


angi

angi

angi (indefinite nominative singular)
anginn (definite nominative singular)
angar (indefinite nominative plural)
angarnir (definite nominative plural)
anga (accusative indefinite singular)
angann (accusative definite singular)
anga (accusative indefinite plural)
angana (accusative definite plural)
anga (dative indefinite singular)
anganum (dative definite singular)
ǫngum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫngunum (dative definite plural)
anga (genitive indefinite singular)
angans (definite genitive singular)
anga (genitive indefinite plural)
anganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: angi

Danish: ange

Unclear origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-.


saxa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of saxar m pl
accusative plural of saxar

inflection of saxar m pl
genitive plural of saxar


kerling

non-noun

kerling f (genitive kerlingar, plural kerlingar)

kerlingar (genitive)
kerlingar (plural)
kerling (indefinite nominative singular)
kerlingin (definite nominative singular)
kerlingar (indefinite nominative plural)
kerlingarnar (definite nominative plural)
kerling (accusative indefinite singular)
kerlingina (accusative definite singular)
kerlingar (accusative indefinite plural)
kerlingarnar (accusative definite plural)
kerlingu (dative indefinite singular)
kerlingunni (dative definite singular)
kerlingum (dative indefinite plural)
kerlingunum (dative definite plural)
kerlingar (genitive indefinite singular)
kerlingarinnar (definite genitive singular)
kerlinga (genitive indefinite plural)
kerlinganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

kerling

Icelandic: kerling

Faroese: kelling

Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerring

Norwegian Bokmål: kjerring

Old Swedish: kärling, kærling, kiærling

Swedish: kärring, käring, källing

Old Danish: kærlingh, kerlingh

Danish: kælling

Elfdalian: kelingg

→ Irish: cairling


saltari

saltara (genitive)
saltari (indefinite nominative singular)
saltarinn (definite nominative singular)
saltarar (indefinite nominative plural)
saltararnir (definite nominative plural)
saltara (accusative indefinite singular)
saltarann (accusative definite singular)
saltara (accusative indefinite plural)
saltarana (accusative definite plural)
saltara (dative indefinite singular)
saltaranum (dative definite singular)
sǫlturum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫlturunum (dative definite plural)
saltara (genitive indefinite singular)
saltarans (definite genitive singular)
saltara (genitive indefinite plural)
saltaranna (definite genitive plural)

saltari

From Latin psaltērium, in turn from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion).


skemill

Danish: skammel

Icelandic: skemill

Swedish: skammel

Cognate with Old High German scamil (whence German Schemel (“stool”)) and Old English scamul (whence the English shambles) which are borrowings from the Vulgar Latin scamellum, a diminutive of Latin scamnum (“bench”).


djákni

djákni

djákni (indefinite nominative singular)
djákninn (definite nominative singular)
djáknar (indefinite nominative plural)
djáknarnir (definite nominative plural)
djákna (accusative indefinite singular)
djáknann (accusative definite singular)
djákna (accusative indefinite plural)
djáknana (accusative definite plural)
djákna (dative indefinite singular)
djáknanum (dative definite singular)
djáknum (dative indefinite plural)
djáknunum (dative definite plural)
djákna (genitive indefinite singular)
djáknans (definite genitive singular)
djákna (genitive indefinite plural)
djáknanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: djákni

Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn

Swedish: djäkne

From Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).


jǫrð

jarðar (genitive)
jarðir (plural)
jǫrð (indefinite nominative singular)
jǫrðin (definite nominative singular)
jarðar (indefinite nominative plural)
jarðir (indefinite nominative plural)
jarðarnar (definite nominative plural)
jarðirnar (definite nominative plural)
jǫrð (accusative indefinite singular)
jǫrðina (accusative definite singular)
jarðar (accusative indefinite plural)
jarðir (accusative indefinite plural)
jarðarnar (accusative definite plural)
jarðirnar (accusative definite plural)
jǫrð (dative indefinite singular)
jǫrðu (dative indefinite singular)
jǫrðinni (dative definite singular)
jǫrðum (dative indefinite plural)
jǫrðunum (dative definite plural)
jarðar (genitive indefinite singular)
jarðarinnar (definite genitive singular)
jarða (genitive indefinite plural)
jarðanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

jǫrð

Icelandic: jörð

Faroese: jørð

Norn: yurn (< jǫrðin)

Norwegian Nynorsk: jord f

Jamtish: jórð

Elfdalian: juord

Old Swedish: iorþ, iordh

Swedish: jord

Old Danish: iorþ, iorth, ᛁᚮᚱᚦ

Danish: jord

Norwegian Bokmål: jord m or f

Scanian: jorð

Old Gutnish: iorþ

Gutnish: jård

From Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth”). Cognate with Old English eorþe, Old Frisian erthe, Old Saxon ertha, Old Dutch ertha, Old High German erda, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa). The root vowel e underwent breaking (e > ja), or breaking and u-umlaut (e > ja > jǫ).

Hvé sú jǫrð heitir,
er liggr fyr alda sonum

How is the earth named,
that which lies before the sons of men,
in each of the worlds?


óvinr

óvinr

óvinr (indefinite nominative singular)
óvinrinn (definite nominative singular)
óvinir (indefinite nominative plural)
óvinirnir (definite nominative plural)
óvin (accusative indefinite singular)
óvininn (accusative definite singular)
óvini (accusative indefinite plural)
óvinina (accusative definite plural)
óvin (dative indefinite singular)
óvininum (dative definite singular)
óvinum (dative indefinite plural)
óvinunum (dative definite plural)
óvinar (genitive indefinite singular)
óvinarins (definite genitive singular)
óvina (genitive indefinite plural)
óvinanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: óvinur

Faroese: óvinur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: uven, uvin; (dialectal) óvin, óven, óvænn

Swedish: ovän

Danish: uven

Norwegian Bokmål: uvenn

Gáttir allar / áðr gangi fram / um skoðask skyli / um skygnask skyli / því at óvíst / er at vita / hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir. — verse 1 of the Hávamál


saxar

non-decl-blank-plur

saxar

saxar (indefinite nominative plural)
saxarnir (definite nominative plural)
saxa (accusative indefinite plural)
saxana (accusative definite plural)
sǫxum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫxunum (dative definite plural)
saxa (genitive indefinite plural)
saxanna (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Nynorsk: saksar m

Norwegian Bokmål: sakser m

Derived from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon.


asna

ǫsnu (genitive)
ǫsnur (plural)
asna (indefinite nominative singular)
asnan (definite nominative singular)
ǫsnur (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫsnurnar (definite nominative plural)
ǫsnu (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫsnuna (accusative definite singular)
ǫsnur (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫsnurnar (accusative definite plural)
ǫsnu (dative indefinite singular)
ǫsnunni (dative definite singular)
ǫsnum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫsnunum (dative definite plural)
ǫsnu (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫsnunnar (definite genitive singular)
asna (genitive indefinite plural)
asnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

asna

Icelandic: asna


sanna

sǫnnu (genitive)
sanna (indefinite nominative singular)
sannan (definite nominative singular)
sǫnnur (indefinite nominative plural)
sǫnnurnar (definite nominative plural)
sǫnnu (accusative indefinite singular)
sǫnnuna (accusative definite singular)
sǫnnur (accusative indefinite plural)
sǫnnurnar (accusative definite plural)
sǫnnu (dative indefinite singular)
sǫnnunni (dative definite singular)
sǫnnum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫnnunum (dative definite plural)
sǫnnu (genitive indefinite singular)
sǫnnunnar (definite genitive singular)
sanna (genitive indefinite plural)
sannanna (definite genitive plural)

sanna

From Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, from *sanþaz, whence also Old Norse saðr. The English soothe is a cognate.


firar

non-decl-blank-plur

firar

firar (indefinite nominative plural)
firarnir (definite nominative plural)
fira (accusative indefinite plural)
firana (accusative definite plural)
firum (dative indefinite plural)
firunum (dative definite plural)
fira (genitive indefinite plural)
firanna (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijaz (“men, people”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body, life”). Cognate with Old English fīras, Old Saxon fīrihos, Old High German fīraha, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus).


herða

herðu (genitive)
herða (indefinite nominative singular)
herðan (definite nominative singular)
herður (indefinite nominative plural)
herðurnar (definite nominative plural)
herðu (accusative indefinite singular)
herðuna (accusative definite singular)
herður (accusative indefinite plural)
herðurnar (accusative definite plural)
herðu (dative indefinite singular)
herðunni (dative definite singular)
herðum (dative indefinite plural)
herðunum (dative definite plural)
herðu (genitive indefinite singular)
herðunnar (definite genitive singular)
herðna (genitive indefinite plural)
herðnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

herða

Norwegian Nynorsk: herde


sáta

sátu (genitive)
sáta (indefinite nominative singular)
sátan (definite nominative singular)
sátur (indefinite nominative plural)
sáturnar (definite nominative plural)
sátu (accusative indefinite singular)
sátuna (accusative definite singular)
sátur (accusative indefinite plural)
sáturnar (accusative definite plural)
sátu (dative indefinite singular)
sátunni (dative definite singular)
sátum (dative indefinite plural)
sátunum (dative definite plural)
sátu (genitive indefinite singular)
sátunnar (definite genitive singular)
sátna (genitive indefinite plural)
sátnanna (definite genitive plural)

sáta

Icelandic: sáta

Faroese: sáta

Norwegian Nynorsk: såte

Norwegian Bokmål: såte


bagall

non-noun

bagall m (genitive bagals, plural baglar)

bagals (genitive)
baglar (plural)
bagall (indefinite nominative singular)
bagallinn (definite nominative singular)
baglar (indefinite nominative plural)
baglarnir (definite nominative plural)
bagal (accusative indefinite singular)
bagalinn (accusative definite singular)
bagla (accusative indefinite plural)
baglana (accusative definite plural)
bagli (dative indefinite singular)
baglinum (dative definite singular)
bǫglum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫglunum (dative definite plural)
bagals (genitive indefinite singular)
bagalsins (definite genitive singular)
bagla (genitive indefinite plural)
baglanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

bagall

Icelandic: bagall

Possibly from Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum (“staff”).


gyðja

gyðju (genitive)
gyðjur (plural)
gyðja (indefinite nominative singular)
gyðjan (definite nominative singular)
gyðjur (indefinite nominative plural)
gyðjurnar (definite nominative plural)
gyðju (accusative indefinite singular)
gyðjuna (accusative definite singular)
gyðjur (accusative indefinite plural)
gyðjurnar (accusative definite plural)
gyðju (dative indefinite singular)
gyðjunni (dative definite singular)
gyðjum (dative indefinite plural)
gyðjunum (dative definite plural)
gyðju (genitive indefinite singular)
gyðjunnar (definite genitive singular)
gyðja (genitive indefinite plural)
gyðjanna (definite genitive plural)

gyðja

Icelandic: gyðja

→ English: gythja

→ Swedish: gydja

Faroese: gyðja

Norwegian Nynorsk: gydje, gydja

From Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ, feminine form of masculine *gudjô, the ancestor of goði.

goði

pagan priest, keeper of a sanctuary; masculine equivalent of sense 2


brunna

inflection of bruðr:
indefinite accusative plural

inflection of bruðr:
indefinite genitive plural

inflection of brunnr:
indefinite accusative plural

inflection of brunnr:
indefinite genitive plural


granna

grǫnnu (genitive)
granna (indefinite nominative singular)
grannan (definite nominative singular)
grǫnnur (indefinite nominative plural)
grǫnnurnar (definite nominative plural)
grǫnnu (accusative indefinite singular)
grǫnnuna (accusative definite singular)
grǫnnur (accusative indefinite plural)
grǫnnurnar (accusative definite plural)
grǫnnu (dative indefinite singular)
grǫnnunni (dative definite singular)
grǫnnum (dative indefinite plural)
grǫnnunum (dative definite plural)
grǫnnu (genitive indefinite singular)
grǫnnunnar (definite genitive singular)
grannna (genitive indefinite plural)
grannnanna (definite genitive plural)

granna

Feminine variant of granni m (“neighbour”).


edda

edda (genitive)
eddu (plural)
edda (indefinite nominative singular)
eddan (definite nominative singular)
eddur (indefinite nominative plural)
eddurnar (definite nominative plural)
eddu (accusative indefinite singular)
edduna (accusative definite singular)
eddur (accusative indefinite plural)
eddurnar (accusative definite plural)
eddu (dative indefinite singular)
eddunni (dative definite singular)
eddum (dative indefinite plural)
eddunum (dative definite plural)
eddu (genitive indefinite singular)
eddunnar (definite genitive singular)
eddna (genitive indefinite plural)
eddnanna (definite genitive plural)

edda

Possibly a cognate to or derived from the Ancient Greek εἴδω

Old Norse rendering in the Rígsþula of Eidyia, queen to Aeetes and daughter of Oceanus and Tethys


regin

non-decl-blank-plur

regin

regin (indefinite nominative plural)
reginin (definite nominative plural)
regin (accusative indefinite plural)
reginin (accusative definite plural)
rǫgnum (dative indefinite plural)
rǫgnunum (dative definite plural)
ragna (genitive indefinite plural)
ragnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina) (attested in ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo)), Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice, decision”). Cognate with Old English reġn-, Old Saxon regin-, regan-, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin).

inh

Þá gengu regin ǫll / á rǫkstóla, […]

Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2

Then went all the gods / on the seats of doom, […]

(plural only, Germanic paganism) the gods, the ruling powers


falki

falka (genitive)
falkar (plural)
falki (indefinite nominative singular)
falkinn (definite nominative singular)
falkar (indefinite nominative plural)
falkarnir (definite nominative plural)
falka (accusative indefinite singular)
falkann (accusative definite singular)
falka (accusative indefinite plural)
falkana (accusative definite plural)
falka (dative indefinite singular)
falkanum (dative definite singular)
fǫlkum (dative indefinite plural)
fǫlkunum (dative definite plural)
falka (genitive indefinite singular)
falkans (definite genitive singular)
falka (genitive indefinite plural)
falkanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

falki

Icelandic: fálki

Faroese: falkur, fálkur

Norwegian: falk

Swedish: falk

Danish: falk

From Middle Low German falke, from Old Saxon falko, from Proto-West Germanic *falkō, from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”). It may also be a direct descendant from Proto-Germanic.


heimr

heims (genitive)
heimar (plural)
heimr (indefinite nominative singular)
heimrinn (definite nominative singular)
heimar (indefinite nominative plural)
heimarnir (definite nominative plural)
heim (accusative indefinite singular)
heiminn (accusative definite singular)
heima (accusative indefinite plural)
heimana (accusative definite plural)
heimi (dative indefinite singular)
heiminum (dative definite singular)
heimum (dative indefinite plural)
heimunum (dative definite plural)
heims (genitive indefinite singular)
heimsins (definite genitive singular)
heima (genitive indefinite plural)
heimanna (definite genitive plural)

heimr

Icelandic: heimur m, heim n

Faroese: heimur m, heim n

Norn: hem

Norwegian Nynorsk: heim m

→ Norwegian Bokmål: heim m

Elfdalian: iem

Old Swedish: hēmber m, hēm n

Swedish: hem n

Finnish: hima

Old Danish: hēm, hiem

Danish: hjem n

Norwegian Bokmål: hjem n

Old Gutnish: haimr

Gutnish: haim

From Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *(t)ḱoimos (“settlement, dwelling”).
Cognate with Old English hām, Old Frisian hām, hēm, Old Saxon hēm, Old Dutch hēm, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims). See also Finnish heimo.

der

realm, region within walking distance to a þing parliament, land

níu man ek heima

liggja milli heims ok Heljar

to lie between this world and Hel (i.e. between life and death)

koma í heiminn

En þat er vitanda, at þriar ero tiðer hæims. Æin fyrir log. en onnur undir logum. en þriðia undir miskun.

Old Norwegian Homily Book, in 1864, C. R. Unger, Gammel Norsk Homiliebog. Christiania, page 72, line 30

But it is known that there are three times in the world. One before the law, another under the law, the third under mercy.

(in particular) this world, the world of humans

a village, ham (especially in placenames)


misseri

non-noun

misseri n (genitive misseris, plural misseri)

misseris (genitive)
misseri (plural)
misseri (indefinite nominative singular)
misserit (definite nominative singular)
misseri (indefinite nominative plural)
misserin (definite nominative plural)
misseri (accusative indefinite singular)
misserit (accusative definite singular)
misseri (accusative indefinite plural)
misserin (accusative definite plural)
misseri (dative indefinite singular)
misserinu (dative definite singular)
misserum (dative indefinite plural)
misserunum (dative definite plural)
misseris (genitive indefinite singular)
misserisins (definite genitive singular)
missera (genitive indefinite plural)
misseranna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

misseri

Icelandic: misseri

Cognate with Old English missere (“half-year”).


áta

átu (genitive)
áta (indefinite nominative singular)
átan (definite nominative singular)
átur (indefinite nominative plural)
áturnar (definite nominative plural)
átu (accusative indefinite singular)
átuna (accusative definite singular)
átur (accusative indefinite plural)
áturnar (accusative definite plural)
átu (dative indefinite singular)
átunni (dative definite singular)
átum (dative indefinite plural)
átunum (dative definite plural)
átu (genitive indefinite singular)
átunnar (definite genitive singular)
átna (genitive indefinite plural)
átnanna (definite genitive plural)

áta

Icelandic: áta f

Norwegian Nynorsk: åte f or n

Norwegian Bokmål: åte m or f or n

From Proto-Germanic *ētǭ (“food”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).


umboð

Icelandic: umboð

Faroese: umboð

Norn: ombod

→ English: umboth

Old Swedish: umbuþ

Swedish: ombud


æsir

→ English: Æsir


skessa

skessu (genitive)
skessa (indefinite nominative singular)
skessan (definite nominative singular)
skessur (indefinite nominative plural)
skessurnar (definite nominative plural)
skessu (accusative indefinite singular)
skessuna (accusative definite singular)
skessur (accusative indefinite plural)
skessurnar (accusative definite plural)
skessu (dative indefinite singular)
skessunni (dative definite singular)
skessum (dative indefinite plural)
skessunum (dative definite plural)
skessu (genitive indefinite singular)
skessunnar (definite genitive singular)
skessna (genitive indefinite plural)
skessnanna (definite genitive plural)

skessa

Icelandic: skessa

Norwegian Nynorsk: skjesse


staur

accusative singular indefinite of staurr


frauð

Icelandic: frauð

Faroese: froyður

Norwegian: frau


smali

Icelandic: smali

Faroese: smali, smala

Norwegian: smale

Swedish: smale (“sheep or goats”) (dialectal, collective), smala (“sheep”) (dialectal, countable)

Dalian: smali, smålå (nom. & acc. forms, resp.)

From the adjective smalr (“small”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, referring originally to smaller livestock, such as sheep and goats. Compare German Schmalvieh (“small livestock”).


jara

jara (genitive)
jara (indefinite nominative singular)
jaran (definite nominative singular)
jǫrur (indefinite nominative plural)
jǫrurnar (definite nominative plural)
jǫru (accusative indefinite singular)
jǫruna (accusative definite singular)
jǫrur (accusative indefinite plural)
jǫrurnar (accusative definite plural)
jǫru (dative indefinite singular)
jǫrunni (dative definite singular)
jǫrum (dative indefinite plural)
jǫrunum (dative definite plural)
jǫru (genitive indefinite singular)
jǫrunnar (definite genitive singular)
jarna (genitive indefinite plural)
jarnanna (definite genitive plural)

jara

Icelandic: jara f


bakka

inflection of bakki:
indefinite accusative singular/plural

inflection of bakki:
indefinite dative/genitive singular

inflection of bakki:
indefinite genitive plural


hita

hitu (genitive)
hita (indefinite nominative singular)
hitan (definite nominative singular)
hitur (indefinite nominative plural)
hiturnar (definite nominative plural)
hitu (accusative indefinite singular)
hituna (accusative definite singular)
hitur (accusative indefinite plural)
hiturnar (accusative definite plural)
hitu (dative indefinite singular)
hitunni (dative definite singular)
hitum (dative indefinite plural)
hitunum (dative definite plural)
hitu (genitive indefinite singular)
hitunnar (definite genitive singular)
hitna (genitive indefinite plural)
hitnanna (definite genitive plural)

hita

Icelandic: hita

Norwegian: hete

From Proto-Germanic *hitjǭ.
Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō, “fever”) and Old High German hizza (“heating”).


barma

inflection of barmi:
accusative/genitive plural


valkyrja

non-noun

valkyrja f (genitive valkyrju, plural valkyrjur)

valkyrju (genitive)
valkyrjur (plural)
valkyrja (indefinite nominative singular)
valkyrjan (definite nominative singular)
valkyrjur (indefinite nominative plural)
valkyrjurnar (definite nominative plural)
valkyrju (accusative indefinite singular)
valkyrjuna (accusative definite singular)
valkyrjur (accusative indefinite plural)
valkyrjurnar (accusative definite plural)
valkyrju (dative indefinite singular)
valkyrjunni (dative definite singular)
valkyrjum (dative indefinite plural)
valkyrjunum (dative definite plural)
valkyrju (genitive indefinite singular)
valkyrjunnar (definite genitive singular)
valkyrja (genitive indefinite plural)
valkyrjanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

valkyrja

Icelandic: valkyrja

Faroese: valkyrja

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: valkyrja, valkyrje, valkyrju

Norwegian Bokmål: valkyrje

→ Swedish: valkyria (learned)

→ Danish: valkyrie (learned)

→ Catalan: valquíria

→ English: valkyrie

→ French: valkyrie

→ Low German: walköre

→ German: Walküre

→ Dutch: Walkure

→ Hungarian: valkűr

→ Russian: валькирия (valʹkirija)

→ Spanish: valquiria

From Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- + *ǵews-. Compare the younger compound valkjósandi.


berum

indefinite dative singular of bera (“female bear”)


hlýri

hlýri (genitive)
hlýrar (plural)
hlýri (indefinite nominative singular)
hlýrinn (definite nominative singular)
hlýrar (indefinite nominative plural)
hlýrarnir (definite nominative plural)
hlýra (accusative indefinite singular)
hlýrann (accusative definite singular)
hlýra (accusative indefinite plural)
hlýrana (accusative definite plural)
hlýra (dative indefinite singular)
hlýranum (dative definite singular)
hlýrum (dative indefinite plural)
hlýrunum (dative definite plural)
hlýra (genitive indefinite singular)
hlýrans (definite genitive singular)
hlýra (genitive indefinite plural)
hlýranna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hlýri

Related to hlýr (“cheek”), further to Old English hlēor (“cheek, face”), thus literally meaning something like "held by the same cheek". Compare the similarly formed barmi (“brother”) (from barmr (“breast”)).


svíri

svíra (genitive)
svíri (indefinite nominative singular)
svírinn (definite nominative singular)
svírar (indefinite nominative plural)
svírarnir (definite nominative plural)
svíra (accusative indefinite singular)
svírann (accusative definite singular)
svíra (accusative indefinite plural)
svírana (accusative definite plural)
svíra (dative indefinite singular)
svíranum (dative definite singular)
svírum (dative indefinite plural)
svírunum (dative definite plural)
svíra (genitive indefinite singular)
svírans (definite genitive singular)
svíra (genitive indefinite plural)
svíranna (definite genitive plural)

svíri

Icelandic: svíri

neck, back or nape of the neck (on the larger domesticated animals, or a thick human one)


erkibiskup

erkibiskup

erkibiskup (indefinite nominative singular)
erkibiskupinn (definite nominative singular)
erkibiskupar (indefinite nominative plural)
erkibiskuparnir (definite nominative plural)
erkibiskup (accusative indefinite singular)
erkibiskupinn (accusative definite singular)
erkibiskupa (accusative indefinite plural)
erkibiskupana (accusative definite plural)
erkibiskupi (dative indefinite singular)
erkibiskupinum (dative definite singular)
erkibiskupum (dative indefinite plural)
erkibiskupunum (dative definite plural)
erkibiskups (genitive indefinite singular)
erkibiskupsins (definite genitive singular)
erkibiskupa (genitive indefinite plural)
erkibiskupanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: erkibiskup

Norwegian Nynorsk: erkebiskop

Norwegian Bokmål: erkebiskop

From Old English arċebisċop. By surface analysis, erki- + biskup.


seljarar

indefinite nominative plural of seljar (“seller”)


gunnr

gunnar (genitive)
gunni (dative)
gunnr (indefinite nominative singular)
gunnrin (definite nominative singular)
gunnar (indefinite nominative plural)
gunnarnar (definite nominative plural)
gunni (accusative indefinite singular)
gunnina (accusative definite singular)
gunnar (accusative indefinite plural)
gunnarnar (accusative definite plural)
gunni (dative indefinite singular)
gunninni (dative definite singular)
gunnum (dative indefinite plural)
gunnunum (dative definite plural)
gunnar (genitive indefinite singular)
gunnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
gunna (genitive indefinite plural)
gunnanna (definite genitive plural)

gunnr

Icelandic: gunnur

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“act of killing, blow”), from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).


síl

see *sīlą

From Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Compare Old Norse síld.


sót

sóts (genitive)
sót (plural)
sót (indefinite nominative singular)
sótit (definite nominative singular)
sót (indefinite nominative plural)
sótin (definite nominative plural)
sót (accusative indefinite singular)
sótit (accusative definite singular)
sót (accusative indefinite plural)
sótin (accusative definite plural)
sóti (dative indefinite singular)
sótinu (dative definite singular)
sótum (dative indefinite plural)
sótunum (dative definite plural)
sóts (genitive indefinite singular)
sótsins (definite genitive singular)
sóta (genitive indefinite plural)
sótanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

sót

Icelandic: sót

Faroese: sót

Norwegian Nynorsk: sot

Norwegian Bokmål: sot

Swedish: sot

Danish: sod


hǫfuð

non-noun

hǫfuð n (genitive hǫfuðs, dative hǫfði, plural hǫfuð)

hǫfuðs (genitive)
hǫfði (dative)
hǫfuð (plural)
hǫfuð (indefinite nominative singular)
hǫfuðit (definite nominative singular)
hǫfuð (indefinite nominative plural)
hǫfuðin (definite nominative plural)
hǫfuð (accusative indefinite singular)
hǫfuðit (accusative definite singular)
hǫfuð (accusative indefinite plural)
hǫfuðin (accusative definite plural)
hǫfði (dative indefinite singular)
hǫfðinu (dative definite singular)
hǫfðum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫfðunum (dative definite plural)
hǫfuðs (genitive indefinite singular)
hǫfuðsins (definite genitive singular)
hǫfða (genitive indefinite plural)
hǫfðanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hǫfuð

Icelandic: höfuð

Faroese: høvd, høvur

Norn: heved

desc

Norwegian: hovud; (dialectal) huvud, hugud, hue, haud

→ Norwegian Bokmål: hue

Jamtish: huvu

Elfdalian: ovuð

Old Swedish: hovuþ, huwuþ, hoffuidh, hwffuit

Swedish: huvud

Old Danish: hofuþ, houæth

Scanian: huweð

Danish: hoved, hode

Norwegian Bokmål: hode, hoved-

Old Gutnish: hafuþ

Gutnish: häud, håvud

English: Howth

From Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, whence also Old English hēafod, Old Saxon hōvid, Old Dutch hōvit, Old High German houbit, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.


lifr

Icelandic: lifur

Faroese: livur

Norwegian Nynorsk: liver, lever; (dialectal) livr, livur

Elfdalian: lyr

Old Swedish: liver

Swedish: lever

Old Danish: liuær

Danish: lever

Norwegian Bokmål: lever

From Proto-Germanic *librō, whence also Old English lifer, Old High German lebara.


mágr

Faroese: mágur

Icelandic: mágur

Norwegian: måg

Swedish: måg

Danish: måg (archaic)

From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kin”). Cognate to Old English mǣġ, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”).

a male relative by marriage (kin to one’s spouse or spouse to one’s kin); son-in-law, father-in-law or brother-in-law

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

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malmr

non-decl-blank-full

malmr

malmr (indefinite nominative singular)
malmrinn (definite nominative singular)
malmar (indefinite nominative plural)
malmarnir (definite nominative plural)
malm (accusative indefinite singular)
malminn (accusative definite singular)
malma (accusative indefinite plural)
malmana (accusative definite plural)
malmi (dative indefinite singular)
malminum (dative definite singular)
mǫlmum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫlmunum (dative definite plural)
malms (genitive indefinite singular)
malmsins (definite genitive singular)
malma (genitive indefinite plural)
malmanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: málmur

Faroese: málmur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: malm; (dialectal) målm’e, målm, mæłm

Norwegian Bokmål: malm

Swedish: malm

Danish: malm

From Proto-Germanic *malmaz. Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰 (malma, “sand”), English malm. Also cognate to German Mulm and Dutch molm which are derived from Proto-Germanic *mulmaz, which has zero-grade ablaut.


mangari

Old Swedish: mangare

Borrowed from Middle Low German mengäre, from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī (“merchant”).


mánaðr

Icelandic: mánuður

Faroese: mánaður

Norwegian Nynorsk: månad

Elfdalian: månað

Old Swedish: mānaþer

Swedish: månad

Old Danish: maanædh

Danish: måned

Norwegian Bokmål: måned

Old Gutnish: manaþr

Gutnish: måne, mån', mane, mana

From Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”). See there for further cognates.


vængr

non-noun

vængr m (genitive vængjar, plural vængir)

vængjar (genitive)
vængir (plural)
vængr (indefinite nominative singular)
vængrinn (definite nominative singular)
vængir (indefinite nominative plural)
vængirnir (definite nominative plural)
væng (accusative indefinite singular)
vænginn (accusative definite singular)
vængi (accusative indefinite plural)
vængina (accusative definite plural)
væng (dative indefinite singular)
vænginum (dative definite singular)
vængjum (dative indefinite plural)
vængjunum (dative definite plural)
vængjar (genitive indefinite singular)
vængjarins (definite genitive singular)
vængja (genitive indefinite plural)
vængjanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

vængr

Icelandic: vængur

Faroese: vongur

Norwegian Nynorsk: veng

Elfdalian: waingg

Gutnish: vängg

Old Swedish: vinge

Swedish: vinge

Norwegian Bokmål: vinge

Danish: vinge

→ Middle English: wenge, winge

English: wing

→ Swedish: ving

Scots: weyng, wyng

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to vindr.
Compare also Danish vinge, Norwegian Bokmål vinge, Swedish vinge and Middle English winge, wenge (whence English wing), which differ in the stem vowel.


móðr

non-decl-blank-full

móðr

móðr (indefinite nominative singular)
móðrinn (definite nominative singular)
móðar (indefinite nominative plural)
móðarnir (definite nominative plural)
móð (accusative indefinite singular)
móðinn (accusative definite singular)
móða (accusative indefinite plural)
móðana (accusative definite plural)
móði (dative indefinite singular)
móðinum (dative definite singular)
móðum (dative indefinite plural)
móðunum (dative definite plural)
móðs (genitive indefinite singular)
móðsins (definite genitive singular)
móða (genitive indefinite plural)
móðanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: móður

Faroese: móður

Norn: mud, mød, mø

Norwegian Nynorsk: mot n

Old Swedish: mōþ n

Swedish: mod n

Danish: mod n

Norwegian Bokmål: mod n

Gutnish: mod n

From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Cognate to Old English mōd, German Mut, Dutch moed.


morðvargr

morðvargr

morðvargr (indefinite nominative singular)
morðvargrinn (definite nominative singular)
morðvargar (indefinite nominative plural)
morðvargarnir (definite nominative plural)
morðvarg (accusative indefinite singular)
morðvarginn (accusative definite singular)
morðvarga (accusative indefinite plural)
morðvargana (accusative definite plural)
morðvargi (dative indefinite singular)
morðvarginum (dative definite singular)
morðvǫrgum (dative indefinite plural)
morðvǫrgunum (dative definite plural)
morðvargs (genitive indefinite singular)
morðvargsins (definite genitive singular)
morðvarga (genitive indefinite plural)
morðvarganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: morðvargur

morð (“murder”) + vargr (“wolf, outlaw”)


morginn

non-noun

morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)

morgins (genitive)
morgnar (plural)
morginn (indefinite nominative singular)
morginninn (definite nominative singular)
morgnar (indefinite nominative plural)
mornar (indefinite nominative plural)
morgnarnir (definite nominative plural)
mornarnir (definite nominative plural)
morgin (accusative indefinite singular)
morgininn (accusative definite singular)
morgna (accusative indefinite plural)
morna (accusative indefinite plural)
morgnana (accusative definite plural)
mornana (accusative definite plural)
morgni (dative indefinite singular)
morni (dative indefinite singular)
morgninum (dative definite singular)
morninum (dative definite singular)
morgnum (dative indefinite plural)
mornum (dative indefinite plural)
morgnunum (dative definite plural)
mornunum (dative definite plural)
morgins (genitive indefinite singular)
morginsins (definite genitive singular)
morgna (genitive indefinite plural)
morna (genitive indefinite plural)
morgnanna (definite genitive plural)
mornanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-m-a

Note the dropping of "g" in the plural and dative singular forms

non-decl-blank-full

morginn

Icelandic: morgunn

Faroese: morgun

Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon

Jamtish: morgę

Elfdalian: morgun

Old Swedish: morghin, morghon, morghan

Swedish: morgon

Old Danish: morghæn, morwæn

Danish: morgen

Norwegian Bokmål: morgen

Scanian: marğen

Gutnish: mårgen, mårren

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”).

der

[…] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.

Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21

[…] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.


munnr

Icelandic: munnur

Faroese: munnur, muður

Norwegian Nynorsk: munn

Old Swedish: munder

Swedish: mun

Danish: mund

Norwegian Bokmål: munn

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-. Compare Old English mūþ, Old Saxon mūth, Old Frisian mūth, mund, mond, Old Dutch mund, Old High German mund, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs).


sveiti

non-decl-blank-sing

sveiti

sveiti (indefinite nominative singular)
sveitinn (definite nominative singular)
sveita (accusative indefinite singular)
sveitann (accusative definite singular)
sveita (dative indefinite singular)
sveitanum (dative definite singular)
sveita (genitive indefinite singular)
sveitans (definite genitive singular)

Icelandic: sveiti, sviti

Faroese: sveiti, sveitti

Norwegian Nynorsk: sveite, sveitte

Norwegian Bokmål: svette

Old Swedish: svēter, svetter; svēte

Swedish: svett

Danish: sved

From Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-. Compare Old Saxon swēt, Old English swāt, Old High German sweiz.

der

[…] már drekkr suðr ór sôrum sveita […]

1093–1103, King Magnús barefoot Óláfsson, loose verse 3

In the south drinks the sea-gull of blood [RAVEN/EAGLE] out of wounds


botn

head

botn m (genitive singular botns or boz, nominative plural botnar)

botns (genitive singular)
boz (genitive singular)
botnar (nominative plural)
botn (indefinite nominative singular)
botninn (definite nominative singular)
botnar (indefinite nominative plural)
botnarnir (definite nominative plural)
botn (accusative indefinite singular)
botninn (accusative definite singular)
botna (accusative indefinite plural)
botnana (accusative definite plural)
botni (dative indefinite singular)
botninum (dative definite singular)
botnum (dative indefinite plural)
botnunum (dative definite plural)
botns (genitive indefinite singular)
boz (genitive indefinite singular)
botnsins (definite genitive singular)
bozins (definite genitive singular)
botna (genitive indefinite plural)
botnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

botn

Icelandic: botn

Faroese: botnur

Norwegian Nynorsk: botn

→ Norwegian Bokmål: botn

Norwegian Bokmål: bånn

Elfdalian: buottn

Old Swedish: butn, botn

Swedish: botten

Old Danish: botn, bon

Danish: bund

Norwegian Bokmål: bunn

Scanian: bónð

Gutnish: buttn


sess

sess (genitive)
sessar (plural)
sess (indefinite nominative singular)
sessinn (definite nominative singular)
sessar (indefinite nominative plural)
sessarnir (definite nominative plural)
sess (accusative indefinite singular)
sessinn (accusative definite singular)
sessa (accusative indefinite plural)
sessana (accusative definite plural)
sessi (dative indefinite singular)
sessinum (dative definite singular)
sessum (dative indefinite plural)
sessunum (dative definite plural)
sess (genitive indefinite singular)
sessins (definite genitive singular)
sessa (genitive indefinite plural)
sessanna (definite genitive plural)

sess

Icelandic: sess

Faroese: sessur

Norwegian Nynorsk: sess

Norwegian Bokmål: sess

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Cognate with Old English sess.


lestr

Icelandic: lestur

Norwegian Nynorsk: lester

Norwegian Bokmål: lester


hjarn

Icelandic: hjarn

⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnnatt

⇒? Swedish: järnnatt


hjarni

hjarna (genitive)
hjarni (indefinite nominative singular)
hjarninn (definite nominative singular)
hjarnar (indefinite nominative plural)
hjarnarnir (definite nominative plural)
hjarna (accusative indefinite singular)
hjarnann (accusative definite singular)
hjarna (accusative indefinite plural)
hjarnana (accusative definite plural)
hjarna (dative indefinite singular)
hjarnanum (dative definite singular)
hjǫrnum (dative indefinite plural)
hjǫrnunum (dative definite plural)
hjarna (genitive indefinite singular)
hjarnans (definite genitive singular)
hjarna (genitive indefinite plural)
hjarnanna (definite genitive plural)

hjarni

Icelandic: hjarni

Norwegian Nynorsk: hjerne

Elfdalian: ienne

Old Swedish: hiærne

Swedish: hjärna (from oblique)

Danish: hjerne

Norwegian Bokmål: hjerne

Gutnish: hjänne, hjärni

From Proto-Germanic *herznô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).


darr

Icelandic: darr, dör

Swedish: dart

→ Middle English: dar

Perhaps related to darraðr from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“light spear, javelin, dart”).


hlioð

Hlioðs bið ek allar...


verǫld

veraldar (genitive)
verǫld (indefinite nominative singular)
verǫldin (definite nominative singular)
veraldir (indefinite nominative plural)
veraldirnar (definite nominative plural)
verǫld (accusative indefinite singular)
verǫldina (accusative definite singular)
veraldir (accusative indefinite plural)
veraldirnar (accusative definite plural)
verǫld (dative indefinite singular)
verǫldinni (dative definite singular)
verǫldum (dative indefinite plural)
verǫldunum (dative definite plural)
veraldar (genitive indefinite singular)
veraldarinnar (definite genitive singular)
veralda (genitive indefinite plural)
veraldanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

verǫld

Icelandic: veröld

Faroese: verøld, vørild, verð

Norn: vrildan

Norwegian Nynorsk: verd f

→ Norwegian Bokmål: verd m or f

Elfdalian: wärd

desc

Old Swedish: væruld, værald, værild, værld

Swedish: värld

Old Danish: wæræld

Danish: verden

Norwegian Bokmål: verden m

Scanian: værlð

Gutnish: värd

From Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, equivalent to verr (“man”) + ǫld (“age”). Compare Old Saxon werold, Old English weorold, West Frisian warld and Old High German weralt.


kylfa

kylfu (genitive)
kylfa (indefinite nominative singular)
kylfan (definite nominative singular)
kylfur (indefinite nominative plural)
kylfurnar (definite nominative plural)
kylfu (accusative indefinite singular)
kylfuna (accusative definite singular)
kylfur (accusative indefinite plural)
kylfurnar (accusative definite plural)
kylfu (dative indefinite singular)
kylfunni (dative definite singular)
kylfum (dative indefinite plural)
kylfunum (dative definite plural)
kylfu (genitive indefinite singular)
kylfunnar (definite genitive singular)
kylfna (genitive indefinite plural)
kylfnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

kylfa

Icelandic: kylfa

Old Danish: kylwæ, kølwæ

Danish: kølle

Norwegian Bokmål: kølle

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kølle

Probably related to kolfr (“bolt, clapper”).


gígja

Icelandic: gígja

Faroese: gíggja

Norwegian Nynorsk: gige

Norwegian Bokmål: gige

Old Swedish: gīgha

Swedish: giga

Old Danish: gighe

Danish: gige

Related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige.


bjarg

bjargs (genitive)
bjǫrg (plural)
bjarg (indefinite nominative singular)
bjargit (definite nominative singular)
bjǫrg (indefinite nominative plural)
bjǫrgin (definite nominative plural)
bjarg (accusative indefinite singular)
bjargit (accusative definite singular)
bjǫrg (accusative indefinite plural)
bjǫrgin (accusative definite plural)
bjargi (dative indefinite singular)
bjarginu (dative definite singular)
bjǫrgum (dative indefinite plural)
bjǫrgunum (dative definite plural)
bjargs (genitive indefinite singular)
bjargsins (definite genitive singular)
bjarga (genitive indefinite plural)
bjarganna (definite genitive plural)

bjarg

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.


kvísl

Icelandic: kvísl

Faroese: kvísl

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: kvissel f or m

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvissel


hrukka

non-noun

hrukka f (genitive hrukku, plural hrukkur)

hrukku (genitive)
hrukkur (plural)
hrukka (indefinite nominative singular)
hrukkan (definite nominative singular)
hrukkur (indefinite nominative plural)
hrukkurnar (definite nominative plural)
hrukku (accusative indefinite singular)
hrukkuna (accusative definite singular)
hrukkur (accusative indefinite plural)
hrukkurnar (accusative definite plural)
hrukku (dative indefinite singular)
hrukkunni (dative definite singular)
hrukkum (dative indefinite plural)
hrukkunum (dative definite plural)
hrukku (genitive indefinite singular)
hrukkunnar (definite genitive singular)
hrukkna (genitive indefinite plural)
hrukknanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hrukka

From Proto-Germanic *hrunkǭ (“wrinkle, crease”).


upphaf

non-decl-blank-full

upphaf

upphaf (indefinite nominative singular)
upphafit (definite nominative singular)
upphǫf (indefinite nominative plural)
upphǫfin (definite nominative plural)
upphaf (accusative indefinite singular)
upphafit (accusative definite singular)
upphǫf (accusative indefinite plural)
upphǫfin (accusative definite plural)
upphafi (dative indefinite singular)
upphafinu (dative definite singular)
upphǫfum (dative indefinite plural)
upphǫfunum (dative definite plural)
upphafs (genitive indefinite singular)
upphafsins (definite genitive singular)
upphafa (genitive indefinite plural)
upphafanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: upphaf

Faroese: upphav

Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav (until 1938)

Old Danish: ophav

Danish: ophav

Norwegian Bokmål: opphav

Old Swedish: uphof

Swedish: upphov, upphof (until 1906)

From Proto-Germanic *habą. Verbal noun of hefja upp (“to begin”).

Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð.

Gospel of John 1,1 (from "Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier" ed. Wisén 1872)


stedda

stedda

stedda (indefinite nominative singular)
steddan (definite nominative singular)
steddur (indefinite nominative plural)
steddurnar (definite nominative plural)
steddu (accusative indefinite singular)
stedduna (accusative definite singular)
steddur (accusative indefinite plural)
steddurnar (accusative definite plural)
steddu (dative indefinite singular)
steddunni (dative definite singular)
steddum (dative indefinite plural)
steddunum (dative definite plural)
steddu (genitive indefinite singular)
steddunnar (definite genitive singular)
steddna (genitive indefinite plural)
steddnanna (definite genitive plural)


erfiði

Icelandic: erfiði

Old Swedish: arvoþe, ärviþi

Swedish: arvode (“salary”)

Old Danish: æruæthæ, arfoþe


frauðr

frauðr

frauðr (indefinite nominative singular)
frauðrinn (definite nominative singular)
frauðar (indefinite nominative plural)
frauðarnir (definite nominative plural)
frauð (accusative indefinite singular)
frauðinn (accusative definite singular)
frauða (accusative indefinite plural)
frauðana (accusative definite plural)
frauði (dative indefinite singular)
frauðinum (dative definite singular)
frauðum (dative indefinite plural)
frauðunum (dative definite plural)
frauðs (genitive indefinite singular)
frauðsins (definite genitive singular)
frauða (genitive indefinite plural)
frauðanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: frauður

Norwegian: frau, fraud, fraug (dialectal)

Old Swedish: frödh, frödher

Swedish: fröd, frö, fröa (dialectal)

Old Danish: frødh

Danish: frø

Gutnish: fråi

desc

→ Middle English: froude, frode, frude, froud

English: frod (dialectal)

→ Old French: froiz, froit, frot (“toad”)

Often cited as being inherited from Proto-Germanic *frauþaz; however perhaps instead from earlier *fraugr, and cognate with Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”).


ferill

non-noun

ferill m (genitive ferils, plural ferlar)

ferils (genitive)
ferlar (plural)
ferill (indefinite nominative singular)
ferillinn (definite nominative singular)
ferlar (indefinite nominative plural)
ferlarnir (definite nominative plural)
feril (accusative indefinite singular)
ferilinn (accusative definite singular)
ferla (accusative indefinite plural)
ferlana (accusative definite plural)
ferli (dative indefinite singular)
ferlinum (dative definite singular)
ferlum (dative indefinite plural)
ferlunum (dative definite plural)
ferils (genitive indefinite singular)
ferilsins (definite genitive singular)
ferla (genitive indefinite plural)
ferlanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ferill

Icelandic: ferill


fífl

Icelandic: fífl, féfl

Old Swedish: fifl (“idiocy”)

From Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Old Norse fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old English fifel (“monster, giant”).


týr

týs (genitive)
tívar (plural)
týr (indefinite nominative singular)
týrinn (definite nominative singular)
tívar (indefinite nominative plural)
tívarnir (definite nominative plural)
tý (accusative indefinite singular)
týinn (accusative definite singular)
tíva (accusative indefinite plural)
tívana (accusative definite plural)
tívi (dative indefinite singular)
tívinum (dative definite singular)
tívum (dative indefinite plural)
tíum (dative indefinite plural)
tíunum (dative definite plural)
týs (genitive indefinite singular)
týs (definite genitive singular)
tíva (genitive indefinite plural)
tívanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-m-wa

dative plural attested in Haustlǫng as tívum

non-decl-blank-full

týr

Icelandic: tívar

>? Faroese: tívi

Norwegian Nynorsk: tivar

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz (“god”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Identical to Týr (“Tyr, Tiw”).

Fló með fróðgum tívi · fangsæll of veg langan
sveita nagr, svát slitna · sundr ulfs faðir mundi.
The bird of blood [EAGLE = Þjazi], happy in its catch, flew a long way with the wise god [= Loki], so that the Wolf’s father [= Loki] was about to be torn apart.

c. 850, Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Haustlǫng, 8/1–4


legin

indefinite nominative/accusative plural of leg


tjaldr

non-noun

tjaldr m (genitive tjalds, plural tjaldar)

tjalds (genitive)
tjaldar (plural)
tjaldr (indefinite nominative singular)
tjaldrinn (definite nominative singular)
tjaldar (indefinite nominative plural)
tjaldarnir (definite nominative plural)
tjald (accusative indefinite singular)
tjaldinn (accusative definite singular)
tjalda (accusative indefinite plural)
tjaldana (accusative definite plural)
tjaldi (dative indefinite singular)
tjaldinum (dative definite singular)
tjǫldum (dative indefinite plural)
tjǫldunum (dative definite plural)
tjalds (genitive indefinite singular)
tjaldsins (definite genitive singular)
tjalda (genitive indefinite plural)
tjaldanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

tjaldr

Danish: tjeld c

Faroese: tjaldur n

→ Danish: tjald c (“weed”)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tjall n (“weed”)

Icelandic: tjaldur m

Norn: shalder m (Shetland), chalder, chaldro (Orkney)

→ Scots: chalder

Norwegian Bokmål: tjeld m

Norwegian Nynorsk: tjeld m

From Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to English tilt.

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Haematopus ostralegus#Translingual


skipun

non-noun

skipun f (genitive skipanar, plural skipanir)

skipanar (genitive)
skipanir (plural)
skipun (indefinite nominative singular)
skipunin (definite nominative singular)
skipanir (indefinite nominative plural)
skipanirnar (definite nominative plural)
skipun (accusative indefinite singular)
skipunina (accusative definite singular)
skipanir (accusative indefinite plural)
skipanirnar (accusative definite plural)
skipun (dative indefinite singular)
skipuninni (dative definite singular)
skipunum (dative indefinite plural)
skipununum (dative definite plural)
skipanar (genitive indefinite singular)
skipanarinnar (definite genitive singular)
skipana (genitive indefinite plural)
skipananna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

skipun


ylgr

non-noun

ylgr f (genitive ylgjar, dative ylgi, plural ylgjar)

ylgjar (genitive)
ylgi (dative)
ylgjar (plural)
ylgr (indefinite nominative singular)
ylgrin (definite nominative singular)
ylgjar (indefinite nominative plural)
ylgjarnar (definite nominative plural)
ylgi (accusative indefinite singular)
ylgina (accusative definite singular)
ylgjar (accusative indefinite plural)
ylgjarnar (accusative definite plural)
ylgi (dative indefinite singular)
ylginni (dative definite singular)
ylgjum (dative indefinite plural)
ylgjunum (dative definite plural)
ylgjar (genitive indefinite singular)
ylgjarinnar (definite genitive singular)
ylgja (genitive indefinite plural)
ylgjanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ylgr

Icelandic: ylgur

From Proto-Germanic *wulgī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), from *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”), whence ulfr (“wolf”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī, “she-wolf”), Lithuanian vìlkė (“she-wolf”) and Proto-Slavic *vьlčìca.


brá

brár (genitive)
brár (plural)
brá (indefinite nominative singular)
bráin (definite nominative singular)
brár (indefinite nominative plural)
brárnar (definite nominative plural)
brá (accusative indefinite singular)
bráina (accusative definite singular)
brár (accusative indefinite plural)
brárnar (accusative definite plural)
brá (dative indefinite singular)
bráinni (dative definite singular)
brám (dative indefinite plural)
bránum (dative definite plural)
brár (genitive indefinite singular)
brárinnar (definite genitive singular)
brá (genitive indefinite plural)
bránna (definite genitive plural)

brá

Icelandic: brá

Norwegian: brå

⇒ Swedish: baldersbrå


eldi

hafa eðli til barna eldis

eldi þat, er fram, kemr af kviði konunnar

komast frá eldi sínu

þar er ekki gesta eldi mælt


hamarr

non-noun

hamarr m (genitive hamars, plural hamrar)

hamars (genitive)
hamrar (plural)
hamarr (indefinite nominative singular)
hamarrinn (definite nominative singular)
hamrar (indefinite nominative plural)
hamrarnir (definite nominative plural)
hamar (accusative indefinite singular)
hamarinn (accusative definite singular)
hamra (accusative indefinite plural)
hamrana (accusative definite plural)
hamri (dative indefinite singular)
hamrinum (dative definite singular)
hǫmrum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫmrunum (dative definite plural)
hamars (genitive indefinite singular)
hamarsins (definite genitive singular)
hamra (genitive indefinite plural)
hamranna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hamarr

Icelandic: hamar

Faroese: hamar, hamari

Norwegian Nynorsk: hamar, hammar

→ Norwegian Bokmål: hammar

Elfdalian: åmår

Old Swedish: hamar

Swedish: hammare, hammar

Old Danish: hamær, hambær

Danish: hammer

Norwegian Bokmål: hammer

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Old English hamor (English hammer), Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Old High German hamar (German Hammer).

hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)


nafarr

nafarr

nafarr (indefinite nominative singular)
nafarrinn (definite nominative singular)
nafrar (indefinite nominative plural)
nafrarnir (definite nominative plural)
nafar (accusative indefinite singular)
nafarinn (accusative definite singular)
nafra (accusative indefinite plural)
nafrana (accusative definite plural)
nafri (dative indefinite singular)
nafrinum (dative definite singular)
nǫfrum (dative indefinite plural)
nǫfrunum (dative definite plural)
nafars (genitive indefinite singular)
nafarsins (definite genitive singular)
nafra (genitive indefinite plural)
nafranna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: nafar

Faroese: navar, navari

Norn: naver

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: navar

Norwegian Nynorsk: navar

Elfdalian: nåvår

Old Swedish: navar

Swedish: navar, naver, navare

Old Danish: nauer

desc

Danish: naver, navr, naur, navre, naure, nav, nave, nager

Gutnish: navare

→ Old French: nafrer, navrer

Middle French: navrer

French: navrer

From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᛟᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*nabogaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Old English nafugār (English auger), Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr.


skati

non-noun

skati m (genitive skata, plural skatnar)

skata (genitive)
skatnar (plural)
skati (indefinite nominative singular)
skatinn (definite nominative singular)
skatnar (indefinite nominative plural)
skatarnir (definite nominative plural)
skata (accusative indefinite singular)
skatann (accusative definite singular)
skatna (accusative indefinite plural)
skatana (accusative definite plural)
skata (dative indefinite singular)
skatanum (dative definite singular)
skǫtnum (dative indefinite plural)
skǫtunum (dative definite plural)
skata (genitive indefinite singular)
skatans (definite genitive singular)
skatna (genitive indefinite plural)
skatnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

skati


vagl

Icelandic: vagl

Faroese: vagl

Norwegian Bokmål: vagl, vagle

Norwegian Nynorsk: vagl, vagle

From Proto-Germanic *wag(a)laz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰlos, cognate with Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos).

beam (especially as a roost for chickens)


grúfa

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”).


innyfli

non-decl-blank-plur

innyfli

innyfli (indefinite nominative plural)
innyflin (definite nominative plural)
innyfli (accusative indefinite plural)
innyflin (accusative definite plural)
innyflum (dative indefinite plural)
innyflunum (dative definite plural)
innyfla (genitive indefinite plural)
innyflanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: innyfli

Norwegian Nynorsk: innvol m

Norwegian Bokmål: innvoll m


þeisti

non-noun

þeisti m (genitive þeista, plural þeistar)

þeista (genitive)
þeistar (plural)
þeisti (indefinite nominative singular)
þeistinn (definite nominative singular)
þeistar (indefinite nominative plural)
þeistarnir (definite nominative plural)
þeista (accusative indefinite singular)
þeistann (accusative definite singular)
þeista (accusative indefinite plural)
þeistana (accusative definite plural)
þeista (dative indefinite singular)
þeistanum (dative definite singular)
þeistum (dative indefinite plural)
þeistunum (dative definite plural)
þeista (genitive indefinite singular)
þeistans (definite genitive singular)
þeista (genitive indefinite plural)
þeistanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

þeisti

Icelandic: teista

Faroese: teisti

Norn: tåisti

→ English: tystie

→ Scottish Gaelic: taibhse

Norwegian: teiste, teist

→ German: Teiste

Swedish: tejst, teiste, teste

Danish: tejst, tejste

Norwegian Bokmål: teist, teiste

From Proto-Germanic *þaistô, of unknown further origin.

Cepphus grylle
Cepphus grylle#Translingual

black guillemot, tystie (Cepphus grylle)


vǫðvi

vǫðva (genitive)
vǫðvar (plural)
vǫðvi (indefinite nominative singular)
vǫðvinn (definite nominative singular)
vǫðvar (indefinite nominative plural)
vǫðvarnir (definite nominative plural)
vǫðva (accusative indefinite singular)
vǫðvann (accusative definite singular)
vǫðva (accusative indefinite plural)
vǫðvana (accusative definite plural)
vǫðva (dative indefinite singular)
vǫðvanum (dative definite singular)
vǫðum (dative indefinite plural)
vǫðunum (dative definite plural)
vǫðva (genitive indefinite singular)
vǫðvans (definite genitive singular)
vǫðva (genitive indefinite plural)
vǫðvanna (definite genitive plural)

vǫðvi

Icelandic: vöðvi

Faroese: vøddi

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: vodve; (dialectal) vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve

Old Swedish: vaþve

Swedish: vad

From Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with Old Saxon watho, Middle Dutch wade (Dutch wade, Afrikaans waai), Old High German wado (German Wade).


ragnarǫk

/ˈrɑɣ.nɑ̃ˌrɒk/

From regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

Geyr Garmr mjǫk
fyr[ir] Gnípahelli;
festr man slitna,
en freki renna.
Fram sé ek lengra,
fjǫld kann ek segja
um ragnarǫk

the Vǫluspá (Hauksbók version, with normalized orthography)

Garm bays loudly
before Gnipahellir;
the fetter shall break,
and the greedy wolf [shall] run.
For I see far [i.e. much],
I can say a lot
about the fate of the gods (Ragnarok),
the strong deities.

Hvárt eru þat svik ein,
er ek sjá þykkjumk,
eða ragnarǫk,
ríða menn dauðir, […]

Vǫlsungakviða in forna, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, verse 39, 40 or 41

Is this a deception,
which I think I see,
or the doom of the gods (Ragnarok)
that dead men ride, […] ?


sýn

sýnar (genitive)
sýnir (plural)
sýn (indefinite nominative singular)
sýnin (definite nominative singular)
sýnir (indefinite nominative plural)
sýnirnar (definite nominative plural)
sýn (accusative indefinite singular)
sýnina (accusative definite singular)
sýnir (accusative indefinite plural)
sýnirnar (accusative definite plural)
sýn (dative indefinite singular)
sýninni (dative definite singular)
sýnum (dative indefinite plural)
sýnunum (dative definite plural)
sýnar (genitive indefinite singular)
sýnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
sýna (genitive indefinite plural)
sýnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

sýn

Icelandic: sýn

Faroese: sýn

Norwegian:

Norwegian Nynorsk: syn n or f

Norwegian Bokmål: syn n

Old Swedish: sȳn

Swedish: syn c

Danish: syn n

gaupnasýn

looking into one's palms; covering one's face with the hands


fúa

fú (genitive)
fúr (plural)
fúa (indefinite nominative singular)
fúan (definite nominative singular)
fúr (indefinite nominative plural)
fúrnar (definite nominative plural)
fú (accusative indefinite singular)
fúna (accusative definite singular)
fúr (accusative indefinite plural)
fúrnar (accusative definite plural)
fú (dative indefinite singular)
fúnni (dative definite singular)
fúm (dative indefinite plural)
fúnum (dative definite plural)
fú (genitive indefinite singular)
fúnnar (definite genitive singular)
fúna (genitive indefinite plural)
fúnanna (definite genitive plural)

fúa


ermr

non-noun

ermr f (genitive ermar, dative ermi, plural ermar)

ermar (genitive)
ermi (dative)
ermar (plural)
ermr (indefinite nominative singular)
ermrin (definite nominative singular)
ermar (indefinite nominative plural)
ermarnar (definite nominative plural)
ermi (accusative indefinite singular)
ermina (accusative definite singular)
ermar (accusative indefinite plural)
ermarnar (accusative definite plural)
ermi (dative indefinite singular)
erminni (dative definite singular)
ermum (dative indefinite plural)
ermunum (dative definite plural)
ermar (genitive indefinite singular)
ermarinnar (definite genitive singular)
erma (genitive indefinite plural)
ermanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ermr

Icelandic: ermi f

Faroese: erma f, ermi f

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: erm f; (dialectal) ørm f

Dalian: ärmi f

Swedish: ärm c

Danish: ærme n

Norwegian Bokmål: erme n

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: erme n

Gutnish: ärm m or f, ärme n

From Proto-Germanic *armijō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erm-i(e)h₂-. See *armaz.


fylling

non-decl-blank-full

fylling

fylling (indefinite nominative singular)
fyllingin (definite nominative singular)
fyllingar (indefinite nominative plural)
fyllingarnar (definite nominative plural)
fylling (accusative indefinite singular)
fyllingina (accusative definite singular)
fyllingar (accusative indefinite plural)
fyllingarnar (accusative definite plural)
fyllingu (dative indefinite singular)
fyllingunni (dative definite singular)
fyllingum (dative indefinite plural)
fyllingunum (dative definite plural)
fyllingar (genitive indefinite singular)
fyllingarinnar (definite genitive singular)
fyllinga (genitive indefinite plural)
fyllinganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: fylling f

Norwegian Bokmål: fylling f or m

Norwegian Nynorsk: fylling f


oxi

non-noun

oxi m (genitive oxa, plural øxn or oxar)

oxa (genitive)
øxn (plural)
oxar (plural)
oxi (indefinite nominative singular)
oxinn (definite nominative singular)
oxar (indefinite nominative plural)
øxn (indefinite nominative plural)
oxarnir (definite nominative plural)
øxninir (definite nominative plural)
oxa (accusative indefinite singular)
oxann (accusative definite singular)
oxa (accusative indefinite plural)
øxn (accusative indefinite plural)
oxan (accusative definite plural)
øxnina (accusative definite plural)
oxa (dative indefinite singular)
oxanum (dative definite singular)
oxum (dative indefinite plural)
øxnum (dative indefinite plural)
oxunum (dative definite plural)
øxnunum (dative definite plural)
oxa (genitive indefinite singular)
oxans (definite genitive singular)
oxa (genitive indefinite plural)
øxna (genitive indefinite plural)
oxanna (definite genitive plural)
øxnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

oxi

Icelandic: oxi, uxi

Faroese: oksi

Norwegian Nynorsk: okse, ukse

Old Swedish: oxe, uxe

Swedish: oxe

Old Danish: oxæ, uxæ

Danish: okse

Norwegian Bokmål: okse

Scanian: oğse

From Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).


mýrr

mýrar (genitive)
mýrar (plural)
mýrr (indefinite nominative singular)
mýrrin (definite nominative singular)
mýrar (indefinite nominative plural)
mýrarnar (definite nominative plural)
mýri (accusative indefinite singular)
mýrina (accusative definite singular)
mýrar (accusative indefinite plural)
mýrarnar (accusative definite plural)
mýri (dative indefinite singular)
mýrinni (dative definite singular)
mýrum (dative indefinite plural)
mýrunum (dative definite plural)
mýrar (genitive indefinite singular)
mýrarinnar (definite genitive singular)
mýra (genitive indefinite plural)
mýranna (definite genitive plural)

mýrr

Icelandic: mýri

Faroese: mýri, mýra

Norwegian: myr

→ Danish: myr
Norwegian Bokmål: myr

Old Swedish: mȳr

Swedish: myr

Old Gutnish: myr

→ Middle English: mire, myre

English: mire

Scots: myre, mire

From Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. False cognate of Old English mōr.


mjǫlk

mjǫlkr (genitive)
mjǫlk (indefinite nominative singular)
mjǫlkin (definite nominative singular)
mjǫlk (accusative indefinite singular)
mjǫlkina (accusative definite singular)
mjǫlk (dative indefinite singular)
mjǫlkinni (dative definite singular)
mjǫlkr (genitive indefinite singular)
mjǫlkrinnar (definite genitive singular)

non-decl-blank-sing

mjǫlk

Icelandic: mjólk

Faroese: mjólk

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølk; (dialectal) mjolk, mjelk

→ Norwegian Bokmål: mjølk

Elfdalian: mjok

Old Swedish: miolk, miølk

Swedish: mjölk

Old Danish: mialk, miælk, mælk, miølk

Danish: mælk

Norwegian Bokmål: melk

Scanian: milk, mjælk

Gutnish: mjalk, mjälk, mjölk

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Old Saxon miluk, Old Frisian meluk, Old English meolc, meoluc, Old Dutch miloch, miluk, Old High German miluh, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).


vetr

non-decl-blank-full

vetr

vetr (indefinite nominative singular)
vetrinn (definite nominative singular)
vetr (indefinite nominative plural)
vetrnir (definite nominative plural)
vetr (accusative indefinite singular)
vetrinn (accusative definite singular)
vetr (accusative indefinite plural)
vetrna (accusative definite plural)
vetri (dative indefinite singular)
vetrinum (dative definite singular)
vetrum (dative indefinite plural)
vetrunum (dative definite plural)
vetrar (genitive indefinite singular)
vetrarins (definite genitive singular)
vetra (genitive indefinite plural)
vetranna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: vetur

Faroese: vetur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: vetter; (dialectal) vetr, vøtur

Elfdalian: witter

Old Swedish: vitter, vætter ?

Gutnish: vittur ?

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz by nasal assimilation. See vintr for more.


ormr

orms (genitive)
ormar (plural)
ormr (indefinite nominative singular)
ormrinn (definite nominative singular)
ormar (indefinite nominative plural)
ormarnir (definite nominative plural)
orm (accusative indefinite singular)
orminn (accusative definite singular)
orma (accusative indefinite plural)
ormana (accusative definite plural)
ormi (dative indefinite singular)
orminum (dative definite singular)
ormum (dative indefinite plural)
ormunum (dative definite plural)
orms (genitive indefinite singular)
ormsins (definite genitive singular)
orma (genitive indefinite plural)
ormanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ormr

Icelandic: ormur

Faroese: ormur

Norn: orm (“vermin; shoal of fish”)

Norwegian: orm

Elfdalian: uorm

Old Swedish: ormber

Swedish: orm

Danish: orm

Gutnish: årm, årrm

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wurm, Old English wyrm, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms).


býsn

býsn

býsn

býsn (indefinite nominative singular)
býsnit (definite nominative singular)
býsn (indefinite nominative plural)
býsnin (definite nominative plural)
býsn (accusative indefinite singular)
býsnit (accusative definite singular)
býsn (accusative indefinite plural)
býsnin (accusative definite plural)
býsni (dative indefinite singular)
býsninu (dative definite singular)
býsnum (dative indefinite plural)
býsnunum (dative definite plural)
býsns (genitive indefinite singular)
býsnsins (definite genitive singular)
býsna (genitive indefinite plural)
býsnanna (definite genitive plural)
býsn (indefinite nominative singular)
býsnin (definite nominative singular)
býsnir (indefinite nominative plural)
býsnirnar (definite nominative plural)
býsn (accusative indefinite singular)
býsnina (accusative definite singular)
býsnir (accusative indefinite plural)
býsnirnar (accusative definite plural)
býsn (dative indefinite singular)
býsninni (dative definite singular)
býsnum (dative indefinite plural)
býsnunum (dative definite plural)
býsnar (genitive indefinite singular)
býsnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
býsna (genitive indefinite plural)
býsnanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: býsn n pl

Norwegian Nynorsk: bisn f or n


lén

lén

lén (indefinite nominative singular)
lénit (definite nominative singular)
lén (indefinite nominative plural)
lénin (definite nominative plural)
lén (accusative indefinite singular)
lénit (accusative definite singular)
lén (accusative indefinite plural)
lénin (accusative definite plural)
léni (dative indefinite singular)
léninu (dative definite singular)
lénum (dative indefinite plural)
lénunum (dative definite plural)
léns (genitive indefinite singular)
lénsins (definite genitive singular)
léna (genitive indefinite plural)
lénanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: lén

Norwegian Nynorsk: len

Norwegian Bokmål: len

Swedish: län

Danish: len

Borrowed from Middle Low German lehen, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan, fief”), whence also the native doublet lán. Related to ljá.


víkingr

non-noun

víkingr m (genitive víkings, plural víkingar)

víkings (genitive)
víkingar (plural)
víkingr (indefinite nominative singular)
víkingrinn (definite nominative singular)
víkingar (indefinite nominative plural)
víkingarnir (definite nominative plural)
víking (accusative indefinite singular)
víkinginn (accusative definite singular)
víkinga (accusative indefinite plural)
víkingana (accusative definite plural)
víkingi (dative indefinite singular)
víkinginum (dative definite singular)
víkingum (dative indefinite plural)
víkingunum (dative definite plural)
víkings (genitive indefinite singular)
víkingsins (definite genitive singular)
víkinga (genitive indefinite plural)
víkinganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

víkingr

Icelandic: víkingur

Faroese: víkingur

Norwegian Nynorsk: viking

Norwegian Bokmål: viking

Old Swedish: ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ (vīkingʀ) (Runic Swedish)

Swedish: viking

Old Danish: ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ (wīkingʀ) (Runic Danish)

Danish: viking

→ English: Viking

→ German: Wikinger

→ Middle Irish: ucing

Irish: uiging

⇒ Middle Irish: *ucingech

Irish: Uigingeach

Manx: Wiggynnagh

Scottish Gaelic: Uiginneach

[ˈwiː.cɪ̃ŋɡ̊ɹ̻̊˔]

From Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Cognate with Old English wīċing and Old Frisian wītsing.
May be equivalent to Vík + -ingr, or the more general vík (“bay, inlet”) + -ingr. Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja (or its Proto-Germanic equivalent).

opportunistic seafaring adventurer out to raid and pillage, explore and settle new lands or conduct trading voyages


skart

skart

skart (indefinite nominative singular)
skartit (definite nominative singular)
skǫrt (indefinite nominative plural)
skǫrtin (definite nominative plural)
skart (accusative indefinite singular)
skartit (accusative definite singular)
skǫrt (accusative indefinite plural)
skǫrtin (accusative definite plural)
skarti (dative indefinite singular)
skartinu (dative definite singular)
skǫrtum (dative indefinite plural)
skǫrtunum (dative definite plural)
skarts (genitive indefinite singular)
skartsins (definite genitive singular)
skarta (genitive indefinite plural)
skartanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: skart


rétt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


fjǫr

non-decl-blank-full

fjǫr

fjǫr (indefinite nominative singular)
fjǫrit (definite nominative singular)
fjǫr (indefinite nominative plural)
fjǫrin (definite nominative plural)
fjǫr (accusative indefinite singular)
fjǫrit (accusative definite singular)
fjǫr (accusative indefinite plural)
fjǫrin (accusative definite plural)
fjǫrvi (dative indefinite singular)
fjǫrvinu (dative definite singular)
fjǫrum (dative indefinite plural)
fjǫrunum (dative definite plural)
fjǫrs (genitive indefinite singular)
fjǫrsins (definite genitive singular)
fjǫrva (genitive indefinite plural)
fjǫrvanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: fjör

From Proto-Germanic *ferhwą, *ferhwō. Cognate with Old English feorh, Old Saxon ferh, and Old High German ferah. Obsolete in modern English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. Compare the German Leib (“body”) and leben (“to live”).

fjǫrbaugur

life money, a legal term referring to a fee to be paid by a convict to the executive court, if this was not paid the convict was henceforth a full outlaw

Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn (“Head's Ransom”, sometimes referred to as “Head-Ransom”):
Fleinn hitti fjǫr.
A pike struck the body.


leikr

leikr

leikr (indefinite nominative singular)
leikrinn (definite nominative singular)
leikar (indefinite nominative plural)
leikarnir (definite nominative plural)
leik (accusative indefinite singular)
leikinn (accusative definite singular)
leika (accusative indefinite plural)
leikana (accusative definite plural)
leiki (dative indefinite singular)
leikinum (dative definite singular)
leikum (dative indefinite plural)
leikunum (dative definite plural)
leiks (genitive indefinite singular)
leiksins (definite genitive singular)
leika (genitive indefinite plural)
leikanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: leikur

Faroese: leikur

Norwegian Nynorsk: leik

→ Norwegian Bokmål: leik

Danish: leg

Norwegian Bokmål: lek

Old Swedish: leker

Swedish: lek

→ Finnish: leikki

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“jump”). Compare Proto-Germanic *laikaną. Cognates include Old English lāc (“play, sport”), Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).


hestr

non-decl-blank-full

hestr

hestr (indefinite nominative singular)
hestrinn (definite nominative singular)
hestar (indefinite nominative plural)
hestarnir (definite nominative plural)
hest (accusative indefinite singular)
hestinn (accusative definite singular)
hesta (accusative indefinite plural)
hestana (accusative definite plural)
hesti (dative indefinite singular)
hestinum (dative definite singular)
hestum (dative indefinite plural)
hestunum (dative definite plural)
hests (genitive indefinite singular)
hestsins (definite genitive singular)
hesta (genitive indefinite plural)
hestanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: hestur

Faroese: hestur

Norn: hest

desctree

Middle Norwegian: hester
Norwegian Nynorsk: hest; (dialectal) hest’e, heist

Elfdalian: est

Old Swedish: hæster
Swedish: häst

Old Danish: hæst

Danish: hest
Norwegian Bokmål: hest
→ Greenlandic: hiisti, hesti

Scanian: hæst

Gutnish: häst

→ Scots: hest, hesten

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ /hągestumʀ/), from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz, *hangistaz.


strjúpi

strjúpa (genitive)
strjúpi (indefinite nominative singular)
strjúpinn (definite nominative singular)
strjúpar (indefinite nominative plural)
strjúparnir (definite nominative plural)
strjúpa (accusative indefinite singular)
strjúpann (accusative definite singular)
strjúpa (accusative indefinite plural)
strjúpana (accusative definite plural)
strjúpa (dative indefinite singular)
strjúpanum (dative definite singular)
strjúpum (dative indefinite plural)
strjúpunum (dative definite plural)
strjúpa (genitive indefinite singular)
strjúpans (definite genitive singular)
strjúpa (genitive indefinite plural)
strjúpanna (definite genitive plural)

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strjúpi

Icelandic: strjúpi

Norwegian Nynorsk: strupe

Norwegian Bokmål: strupe

Swedish: strupe

Danish: strube


fiski

fiskjar (genitive)
fiski (indefinite nominative singular)
fiskin (definite nominative singular)
fiski (accusative indefinite singular)
fiskina (accusative definite singular)
fiski (dative indefinite singular)
fiskinni (dative definite singular)
fiskjar (genitive indefinite singular)
fiskjarinnar (definite genitive singular)

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fiski

Icelandic: fiski f

Norwegian Bokmål: fiske n

Norwegian Nynorsk: fiske n

Swedish: fiske n


þungi

þunga (genitive)
þungi (indefinite nominative singular)
þunginn (definite nominative singular)
þungar (indefinite nominative plural)
þungarnir (definite nominative plural)
þunga (accusative indefinite singular)
þungann (accusative definite singular)
þunga (accusative indefinite plural)
þungana (accusative definite plural)
þunga (dative indefinite singular)
þunganum (dative definite singular)
þungum (dative indefinite plural)
þungunum (dative definite plural)
þunga (genitive indefinite singular)
þungans (definite genitive singular)
þunga (genitive indefinite plural)
þunganna (definite genitive plural)

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þungi

Icelandic: þungi


afbrýði

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afbrýði

afbrýði (indefinite nominative singular)
afbrýðin (definite nominative singular)
afbrýði (accusative indefinite singular)
afbrýðina (accusative definite singular)
afbrýði (dative indefinite singular)
afbrýðinni (dative definite singular)
afbrýði (genitive indefinite singular)
afbrýðinnar (definite genitive singular)

From af- + brúðr (“bride”) + -i (“abstract noun suffix”), originally “jealousy of another’s bride”.

af

Vasa þat bært, / at Bera skyldi
valsǿfendr / vígs of hvetja,
þá’s brǿðr tveir / at bǫnum urðusk

c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, stanza 11

It was not right, that Bera should incite the slaughters of the slain [WARRIORS] to fight, when the two brothers became each other’s banemen, needlessly, out of jealousy.


gátt

gáttar (genitive)
gáttir (plural)
gátt (indefinite nominative singular)
gáttin (definite nominative singular)
gáttir (indefinite nominative plural)
gáttirnar (definite nominative plural)
gátt (accusative indefinite singular)
gáttina (accusative definite singular)
gáttir (accusative indefinite plural)
gáttirnar (accusative definite plural)
gátt (dative indefinite singular)
gáttinni (dative definite singular)
gáttum (dative indefinite plural)
gáttunum (dative definite plural)
gáttar (genitive indefinite singular)
gáttarinnar (definite genitive singular)
gátta (genitive indefinite plural)
gáttanna (definite genitive plural)

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gátt

Icelandic: gátt, gætt

Faroese: gátt

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: gått; (dialectal) gótt, gøtt

Swedish: gåt

Elfdalian: gą̊t

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

inh

Gáttir allar, · áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnask skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, · hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir.

[At] all doorways, / ere one goes forth, / one should spy, / one should be keen, / for it's unsure to know, / where foes / sit on the floor within.


makki

makka (genitive)
makki (indefinite nominative singular)
makkinn (definite nominative singular)
makkar (indefinite nominative plural)
makkarnir (definite nominative plural)
makka (accusative indefinite singular)
makkann (accusative definite singular)
makka (accusative indefinite plural)
makkana (accusative definite plural)
makka (dative indefinite singular)
makkanum (dative definite singular)
mǫkkum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫkkunum (dative definite plural)
makka (genitive indefinite singular)
makkans (definite genitive singular)
makka (genitive indefinite plural)
makkanna (definite genitive plural)

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makki

Icelandic: makki

Norwegian Nynorsk: manke

Norwegian Bokmål: manke

Swedish: manke

Danish: manke


rytr

ryts (genitive)
rytar (plural)
rytr (indefinite nominative singular)
rytrinn (definite nominative singular)
rytar (indefinite nominative plural)
rytarnir (definite nominative plural)
ryt (accusative indefinite singular)
rytinn (accusative definite singular)
ryta (accusative indefinite plural)
rytana (accusative definite plural)
ryti (dative indefinite singular)
rytinum (dative definite singular)
rytum (dative indefinite plural)
rytunum (dative definite plural)
ryts (genitive indefinite singular)
rytsins (definite genitive singular)
ryta (genitive indefinite plural)
rytanna (definite genitive plural)

rytr

Faroese: ryta, rita

Icelandic: rita

Said to be of imitative origin, compare krytja (“to grumble, murmur”). Evidently supplanted in Norwegian by krykkje, presumably related to the verb.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Rissa tridactyla
Rissa tridactyla#Translingual


varp

varps (genitive)
vǫrp (plural)
varp (indefinite nominative singular)
varpit (definite nominative singular)
vǫrp (indefinite nominative plural)
vǫrpin (definite nominative plural)
varp (accusative indefinite singular)
varpit (accusative definite singular)
vǫrp (accusative indefinite plural)
vǫrpin (accusative definite plural)
varpi (dative indefinite singular)
varpinu (dative definite singular)
vǫrpum (dative indefinite plural)
vǫrpunum (dative definite plural)
varps (genitive indefinite singular)
varpsins (definite genitive singular)
varpa (genitive indefinite plural)
varpanna (definite genitive plural)

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varp

Icelandic: varp

Faroese: varp

Norwegian Bokmål: varp

Norwegian Nynorsk: varp

Old Swedish: varp

Swedish: varp

Danish: varp

From Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-.


vintr

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) ventr, ventre, vintæ, vintre

Old Swedish: vinter
Swedish: vinter

desctree

Old Danish: wintær
Danish: vinter
Norwegian Bokmål: vinter
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: vinter

Old Gutnish: wintr

Gutnish: vintar, vintur

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Compare Old High German and Old Saxon wintar, Old Frisian and Old English winter, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wintrus).


skarlak

Faroese: skarlak

Icelandic: skarlat

Norwegian Nynorsk: skarlak

Norwegian Bokmål: skarlagen

Swedish: scharlakan

Borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?], from Medieval Latin scarlatum, probably from Arabic سِقِرْلَاط (siqirlāṭ), a variant of سِقِلّاط (siqillāṭ, “scarlet cloth”).


garpr

garps (genitive)
garpar (plural)
garpr (indefinite nominative singular)
garprinn (definite nominative singular)
garpar (indefinite nominative plural)
garparnir (definite nominative plural)
garp (accusative indefinite singular)
garpinn (accusative definite singular)
garpa (accusative indefinite plural)
garpana (accusative definite plural)
garpi (dative indefinite singular)
garpinum (dative definite singular)
gǫrpum (dative indefinite plural)
gǫrpunum (dative definite plural)
garps (genitive indefinite singular)
garpsins (definite genitive singular)
garpa (genitive indefinite plural)
garpanna (definite genitive plural)

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garpr

Icelandic: garpur

Faroese: garpur

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Compare the Norwegian and Swedish dialect words garpa 'to brag, to make a noise, gossip, scold', Danish garpe 'to scream' (like a raven). Compare Old English gyrran 'crack, creak, chatter'.


kistill

non-noun

kistill m (genitive kistils, plural kistlar)

kistils (genitive)
kistlar (plural)
kistill (indefinite nominative singular)
kistillinn (definite nominative singular)
kistlar (indefinite nominative plural)
kistlarnir (definite nominative plural)
kistil (accusative indefinite singular)
kistilinn (accusative definite singular)
kistla (accusative indefinite plural)
kistlana (accusative definite plural)
kistli (dative indefinite singular)
kistlinum (dative definite singular)
kistlum (dative indefinite plural)
kistlunum (dative definite plural)
kistils (genitive indefinite singular)
kistilsins (definite genitive singular)
kistla (genitive indefinite plural)
kistlanna (definite genitive plural)

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kistill

Icelandic: kistill


augat

definite nominative/accusative singular of auga


smán

smánar (genitive)
smánir (plural)
smán (indefinite nominative singular)
smánin (definite nominative singular)
smánir (indefinite nominative plural)
smánirnar (definite nominative plural)
smán (accusative indefinite singular)
smánina (accusative definite singular)
smánir (accusative indefinite plural)
smánirnar (accusative definite plural)
smán (dative indefinite singular)
smáninni (dative definite singular)
smánum (dative indefinite plural)
smánunum (dative definite plural)
smánar (genitive indefinite singular)
smánarinnar (definite genitive singular)
smána (genitive indefinite plural)
smánanna (definite genitive plural)

smán

Icelandic: smán


reynir

reynis (genitive)
reynir (indefinite nominative singular)
reynirinn (definite nominative singular)
reynar (indefinite nominative plural)
reynarnir (definite nominative plural)
reyni (accusative indefinite singular)
reyninn (accusative definite singular)
reyna (accusative indefinite plural)
reynana (accusative definite plural)
reyni (dative indefinite singular)
reyninum (dative definite singular)
reynum (dative indefinite plural)
reynunum (dative definite plural)
reynis (genitive indefinite singular)
reynisins (definite genitive singular)
reyna (genitive indefinite plural)
reynanna (definite genitive plural)

reynir

Icelandic: reynir

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: raun, rogn; (dialectal) røyne

Norwegian Bokmål: rogn

Danish: røn

Swedish: rönn

desctree

→ Middle English: ron, rone
English: rowan

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).


reynir

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reynir

Icelandic: reynir

From Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ, “tester”), equivalent to reyna (“to test, to try”) + -ir.


plógr

Icelandic: plógur m

Faroese: plógv f or n

Norn: plu

Norwegian Bokmål: plog m

Norwegian Nynorsk: plog m

Old Swedish: plōgher

Swedish: plog c

Old Danish: plogh

Danish: plov c

Elfdalian: pluog

Gutnish: plog

desc

→ Middle English: plouh, plugh, plough, plouw, plow (partially)

English: plough

From Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Compare Old English plōh, Old Frisian ploch, Old High German pfluog.


sǫg

sagar (genitive)
sagir (plural)
sǫg (indefinite nominative singular)
sǫgin (definite nominative singular)
sagar (indefinite nominative plural)
sagir (indefinite nominative plural)
sagarnar (definite nominative plural)
sagirnar (definite nominative plural)
sǫg (accusative indefinite singular)
sǫgina (accusative definite singular)
sagar (accusative indefinite plural)
sagir (accusative indefinite plural)
sagarnar (accusative definite plural)
sagirnar (accusative definite plural)
sǫg (dative indefinite singular)
sǫginni (dative definite singular)
sǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
sǫgunum (dative definite plural)
sagar (genitive indefinite singular)
sagarinnar (definite genitive singular)
saga (genitive indefinite plural)
saganna (definite genitive plural)

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sǫg

Icelandic: sög

Faroese: sag

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: sag, sog; (dialectal) sau, sav, saj

Norwegian Bokmål: sag m or f

Jamtish: ság

Elfdalian: såg

desctree

Old Swedish: sagh, saagh
Swedish: såg
→ Finnish: saha

Danish: sav

Smalandian: sav

Scanian: saw

Gutnish: sag

→ Kildin Sami: са̄гк (sāgk)

From Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old English saga, sagu (English saw), Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Dutch zaag, Old High German saga (German Säge).


bý

Icelandic: bý

Norwegian Bokmål: bie

Norwegian Nynorsk: bie

Old Swedish: bī, bȳ

Swedish: bi

Old Danish: bī

Danish: bi

Gutnish: bei

⇒ Faroese: býfluga

⇒ Icelandic: býfluga

From Proto-Germanic *biją, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, having been altered by analogy to mý. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-. Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie).


beð

indefinite accusative/dative singular of beðr