vanr

Icelandic: vanur

Faroese: vanur

Norwegian: van

Old Danish: van

Swedish: van

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“accustomed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love, strive”).


vanr

non-decl-blank-full

vanr

vanr (indefinite nominative singular)
vanrinn (definite nominative singular)
vanir (indefinite nominative plural)
vanirnir (definite nominative plural)
van (accusative indefinite singular)
vaninn (accusative definite singular)
vani (accusative indefinite plural)
vanina (accusative definite plural)
van (dative indefinite singular)
vaninum (dative definite singular)
vanum (dative indefinite plural)
vanunum (dative definite plural)
vanar (genitive indefinite singular)
vanarins (definite genitive singular)
vana (genitive indefinite plural)
vananna (definite genitive plural)

Singular of vanir. Related to Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“accustomed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”).


mjǫk

non-adv

mjǫk (comparative meirr, superlative mest)

meirr (comparative)
mest (superlative)
miǫk (alternative)
ᛘᛁᚢᚴ (alternative)
ᛘᚢᚴ (alternative)

Icelandic: mjög

Old Swedish: miok, myok, miök-

From Proto-Germanic *mekō (“big, great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”).

nú er kvæðit mjǫk ort

hann var dauðr mjǫk af kulda


ámáttigr

ámáttigr (masculine nominative singular)
ámáttig (feminine nominative singular)
ámáttigt (neuter nominative singular)
ámátgan (accusative masculine singular)
ámátga (accusative feminine singular)
ámáttigt (accusative neuter singular)
ámáttigum (dative masculine singular)
ámáttigri (dative feminine singular)
ámáttigu (dative neuter singular)
ámáttigs (genitive masculine singular)
ámáttigrar (feminine genitive singular)
ámáttigs (genitive neuter singular)
ámátgir (masculine nominative plural)
ámátgar (feminine nominative plural)
ámáttig (neuter nominative plural)
ámátga (accusative masculine plural)
ámátgar (accusative feminine plural)
ámáttig (accusative neuter plural)
ámáttigum (dative masculine plural)
ámáttigum (dative feminine plural)
ámáttigum (dative neuter plural)
ámáttigra (genitive masculine plural)
ámáttigra (feminine genitive plural)
ámáttigra (genitive neuter plural)
ámátgi (masculine nominative singular)
ámátga (feminine nominative singular)
ámátga (neuter nominative singular)
ámátga (accusative masculine singular)
ámátgu (accusative feminine singular)
ámátga (accusative neuter singular)
ámátga (dative masculine singular)
ámátgu (dative feminine singular)
ámátga (dative neuter singular)
ámátga (genitive masculine singular)
ámátgu (feminine genitive singular)
ámátga (genitive neuter singular)
ámátgu (masculine nominative plural)
ámátgu (feminine nominative plural)
ámátgu (neuter nominative plural)
ámátgu (accusative masculine plural)
ámátgu (accusative feminine plural)
ámátgu (accusative neuter plural)
ámátgum (dative masculine plural)
ámátgum (dative feminine plural)
ámátgum (dative neuter plural)
ámátgu (genitive masculine plural)
ámátgu (feminine genitive plural)
ámátgu (genitive neuter plural)

Of obscure origin, but possibly related to ámr (“black, loathsome”), used of a giant.


Jǫtunheimr

Icelandic: Jötunheimur

Norwegian Nynorsk: Jøtunheim

From jǫtunn (“jotun, giant”) + heimr (“home, earth, world”).


vættki

vættki (accusative)
vættugi (dative)
vættugis (genitive)


dróttinn

non-noun

dróttinn m (genitive dróttins, plural dróttnar)

dróttins (genitive)
dróttnar (plural)
dróttinn (indefinite nominative singular)
dróttinninn (definite nominative singular)
dróttnar (indefinite nominative plural)
dróttnarnir (definite nominative plural)
dróttin (accusative indefinite singular)
dróttininn (accusative definite singular)
dróttna (accusative indefinite plural)
dróttnana (accusative definite plural)
dróttni (dative indefinite singular)
dróttninum (dative definite singular)
dróttnum (dative indefinite plural)
dróttnunum (dative definite plural)
dróttins (genitive indefinite singular)
dróttinsins (definite genitive singular)
dróttna (genitive indefinite plural)
dróttnanna (definite genitive plural)
ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾ (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

dróttinn

Icelandic: dróttinn, drottinn

Faroese: drottin

Norwegian Bokmål: drott

Norwegian Nynorsk: drott

Old Swedish: drōtin

Swedish: drotten, drotte, drott (-en perceived as definite article)

Old Danish: drotten

Danish: drot

Old Gutnish: drotin

From Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”). Cognate with Old English dryhten, Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, druhtin, Old High German trohtin, truhtin. See also Finnish ruhtinas.

inh

[…] oc þriá drotna átti hann í þessi herleiðíngu.

Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 254, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 224

[…] and three lords he had in captivity.

[…] enn ár voru þeir drottnar kalladir; […]

Ynglinga saga, in 1777, G. Schøning, S. Þ. Thorlacius, Heimskringla, edr Noregs Konunga Sögor, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 24

[…] as kings of old were once called; […]

[…] Cristr drottinn oc allr heilagr domr.

Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 167


Brimir

head

Brimir m (genitive Brimis, dative and accusative Brimi)

Brimis (genitive)
Brimi (accusative dative)

(Norse mythology, heiti) Brimir, name of Ymir


Bláinn

Probably related to blár (“blue, dark”).

(Norse mythology, heiti) Bláinn, name of Ymir


Mótsognir

Mótsognis (genitive)
Mótsognir (indefinite nominative)
Mótsogni (accusative indefinite)
Mótsogni (dative indefinite)
Mótsognis (genitive indefinite)
Móðsognir (alternative)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Mótsognir

Of obscure origin. Some sources propose the meaning “battle-roarer”, while others suggest derivation from móðr (“tired, weary”).

(Norse mythology) Mótsognir, father of the dwarves


heils

strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of heill


hirða

Icelandic: hirða

Old Swedish: hirdha

Danish: hyrde

Norwegian Nynorsk: hyrda

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaną, causative first class weak verb formed to *herdō (“herd”), whence hjǫrð.

inh+

hirða hey

þeir hirtu ekki um líf sitt

hirð eigi þú at hopa á hæl!


Durinn

Etymology and meaning obscure, though probably related to some of other dwarves' names. A possible etymology derives the name from dúrr (“slumber, nap”).

(Norse mythology) Durin, name of a dwarf


mannlíkan

non-noun

mannlíkan n (genitive mannlíkans, plural mannlíkǫn)

mannlíkans (genitive)
mannlíkǫn (plural)
mannlíkan (indefinite nominative singular)
mannlíkanit (definite nominative singular)
mannlíkǫn (indefinite nominative plural)
mannlíkǫnin (definite nominative plural)
mannlíkan (accusative indefinite singular)
mannlíkanit (accusative definite singular)
mannlíkǫn (accusative indefinite plural)
mannlíkǫnin (accusative definite plural)
mannlíkani (dative indefinite singular)
mannlíkaninu (dative definite singular)
mannlíkǫnum (dative indefinite plural)
mannlíkǫnunum (dative definite plural)
mannlíkans (genitive indefinite singular)
mannlíkansins (definite genitive singular)
mannlíkana (genitive indefinite plural)
mannlíkananna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

mannlíkan


margr

non-adj

margr (comparative fleiri, superlative flestr)

fleiri (comparative)
flestr (superlative)

Icelandic: margur

Faroese: margur

Old Swedish: margher, marghin

Swedish: marg

Old Danish: margh

→ English: marra, marrow (dialectal)

Either an independent word from Proto-Germanic *margaz related to mor and merja, or derived from mangr (from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many, much”)) under the influence of such words. Cognate with Old English maniġ, Old Frisian monich, Old Saxon manag, Old Dutch manag, Old High German manag, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags).


margr

non-decl-blank-full

margr

margr (indefinite nominative singular)
margrinn (definite nominative singular)
margar (indefinite nominative plural)
margarnir (definite nominative plural)
marg (accusative indefinite singular)
marginn (accusative definite singular)
marga (accusative indefinite plural)
margana (accusative definite plural)
margi (dative indefinite singular)
marginum (dative definite singular)
mǫrgum (dative indefinite plural)
mǫrgunum (dative definite plural)
margs (genitive indefinite singular)
margsins (definite genitive singular)
marga (genitive indefinite plural)
marganna (definite genitive plural)


Norðri

Related to norðr (“north”), thus meaning “One in the North”.


Suðri

Related to suðr (“south”), thus meaning “One in the South”.


Austri

Austra (genitive)
Austri (indefinite nominative)
Austra (accusative indefinite)
Austra (dative indefinite)
Austra (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Austri

From Proto-Germanic *Austrô. Related to austr (“east”), thus meaning "One in the East".


Vestri

Related to vestr (“west”), thus meaning “One in the West”.


Nýi

Probably related to ný (“new moon”), thus meaning “New Moon”.


Niði

Probably related to nið (“waning moon”), thus meaning “Waning Moon”.


Alþjófr

From al- (“all, very, totally”) + þjófr (“thief”), thus meaning "All-thief" or "Mighty Thief".


Dvalinn

Icelandic: Dvalinn

Faroese: Dvalin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvalen, Dvalin

Swedish: Dvalen, Dvalin

Danish: Dvalin

Probably from dvala (“to delay”), thus giving the meaning "Delayer".

(Norse mythology) One of four stags that live around Yggdrasil and feed on the tree's branches


etla

strong feminine accusative singular of etall

strong masculine accusative plural of etall

weak masculine accusative singular of etall

weak masculine genitive singular of etall

weak feminine nominative singular of etall

weak neuter nominative singular of etall

weak neuter accusative singular of etall


Nár

From nár (“corpse, body”), from Proto-Germanic *nawaz (“corpse”), thus meaning “The Corpse”.


Náinn

Probably related to either Old Norse ná (“near”) or nár (“corpse”), thus meaning either “Nigh One” or “Corpselike One”.


Dáinn

Dáins (genitive)
Dáinn (indefinite nominative)
Dáin (accusative indefinite)
Dáni (dative indefinite)
Dáins (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Dáinn

Icelandic: Dáinn

Faroese: Dáin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dåen, Dåin

Swedish: Dåen

Danish: Dåin

Compare dáinn, from deyja (“to die”), thus meaning "Dead-like One".


Nípingr

Of obscure origin and meaning, although meanings “Handsome One” or “Nimble One” are proposed.


drykkja

drykkju (genitive)
drykkja (indefinite nominative singular)
drykkjan (definite nominative singular)
drykkjur (indefinite nominative plural)
drykkjurnar (definite nominative plural)
drykkju (accusative indefinite singular)
drykkjuna (accusative definite singular)
drykkjur (accusative indefinite plural)
drykkjurnar (accusative definite plural)
drykkju (dative indefinite singular)
drykkjunni (dative definite singular)
drykkjum (dative indefinite plural)
drykkjunum (dative definite plural)
drykkju (genitive indefinite singular)
drykkjunnar (definite genitive singular)
drykkna (genitive indefinite plural)
drykknanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

drykkja

Icelandic: drykkja

Norwegian Nynorsk: drykkje


Bifurr

Perhaps from Old Frisian *bever (“beaver”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), thus meaning "The Beaver", "The Diligent One".


Bǫfurr

Of obscure etymology and meaning. A possible explanation is that this word is an imitation of Bifurr, another dwarf-name.


Bǫmburr

Possibly from bumba (“drum, barrel”), thus meaning "The Swollen One".


knǫttr

non-noun

knǫttr m (genitive knattar, dative knetti, plural knettir)

knattar (genitive)
knetti (dative)
knettir (plural)
knǫttr (indefinite nominative singular)
knǫttrinn (definite nominative singular)
knettir (indefinite nominative plural)
knettirnir (definite nominative plural)
knǫtt (accusative indefinite singular)
knǫttinn (accusative definite singular)
knǫttu (accusative indefinite plural)
knǫttuna (accusative definite plural)
knetti (dative indefinite singular)
knettinum (dative definite singular)
knǫttum (dative indefinite plural)
knǫttunum (dative definite plural)
knattar (genitive indefinite singular)
knattarins (definite genitive singular)
knatta (genitive indefinite plural)
knattanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

knǫttr

Faroese: knøttur m

Icelandic: knöttur m, hnöttur m

Norwegian: knott m


knǫrr

non-noun

knǫrr m (genitive knarrar, plural knerrir)

knarrar (genitive)
knerrir (plural)
knǫrr (indefinite nominative singular)
knǫrrinn (definite nominative singular)
knerrir (indefinite nominative plural)
knerrirnir (definite nominative plural)
knǫrr (accusative indefinite singular)
knǫrrinn (accusative definite singular)
knǫrru (accusative indefinite plural)
knerri (accusative indefinite plural)
knǫrrunum (accusative definite plural)
knerrinum (accusative definite plural)
knerri (dative indefinite singular)
knǫrr (dative indefinite singular)
knerrinum (dative definite singular)
knǫrrinum (dative definite singular)
knǫrrum (dative indefinite plural)
knǫrrunum (dative definite plural)
knarrar (genitive indefinite singular)
knarrarins (definite genitive singular)
knarra (genitive indefinite plural)
knarranna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

knǫrr

From Proto-Germanic *knarruz (“knot (in wood)”), assumed to refer to the wood used to make the ship's bow. See English knar (“knot in a tree, gnarl, knurl”).

cog

knorr, knarr: a large merchant ship used in medieval Scandinavia


mjǫðm

non-noun

mjǫðm f (genitive mjaðmar, plural mjaðmir)

mjaðmar (genitive)
mjaðmir (plural)
mjǫðm (indefinite nominative singular)
mjǫðmin (definite nominative singular)
mjaðmir (indefinite nominative plural)
mjaðmirnar (definite nominative plural)
mjǫðm (accusative indefinite singular)
mjǫðmina (accusative definite singular)
mjaðmir (accusative indefinite plural)
mjaðmirnar (accusative definite plural)
mjǫðm (dative indefinite singular)
mjǫðminni (dative definite singular)
mjǫðmum (dative indefinite plural)
mjǫðmunum (dative definite plural)
mjaðmar (genitive indefinite singular)
mjaðmarinnar (definite genitive singular)
mjaðma (genitive indefinite plural)
mjaðmanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

mjǫðm

Icelandic: mjöðm f

Faroese: mjødn f

Norwegian Bokmål: mjødm f or m

Norwegian Nynorsk: mjødm f

Elfdalian: myörm m

Old Swedish: miædhm f


ossum

inflection of várr:
masculine dative singular

inflection of várr:
masculine/feminine/neuter dative plural


Nóri

Of obscure origin and meaning, although some sources (which?) point out the meaning “Shrunken One”.


Ánn

Possibly from earlier form *Ǫ́nn, ultimately derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”), thus meaning "Friend".


Ánarr

Possibly from annarr (“other, another”), thus meaning “The Other One”.


Óinn

Icelandic: Óinn

Faroese: Óin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Oen, Oin

Swedish: Oen, Oin

Danish: Oin

Possibly from óask (“to fear, dread”), thus meaning “The Shy One”.


Mjǫðvitnir

Mjǫðvitnis (genitive)
Mjǫðvitnir (indefinite nominative)
Mjǫðvitni (accusative indefinite)
Mjǫðvitni (dative indefinite)
Mjǫðvitnis (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Mjǫðvitnir

→ Icelandic: Mjöðvitnir

→ Faroese: Mjøðvitnir

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Mjødvitne

→ Swedish: Mjödvitner, Midvitner

→ Danish: Mjødvitner

From mjǫðr (“mead”) + vitnir (“wolf”), thus meaning “Mead-wolf”, “Toper”.


Veggr

Veggs (genitive)
Veggr (indefinite nominative)
Vegg (accusative indefinite)
Vegg (dative indefinite)
Veggs (genitive indefinite)

Veggr

Probably from veggr (“wall, wedge”), thus meaning “The Wedge”.


Vindalfr

From vindr (“wind”) + alfr (“elf”), thus meaning “Wind-elf”.


Þorinn

From þora (“to dare, have the courage”), thus meaning “Bold One”.


Þrár

From þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”), thus meaning “Stubborn One”.


Þráinn

Probably from þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”), thus meaning “Stubborn One”.


Þekkr

From þekkr (“agreeable, beloved”), thus meaning "Beloved One".


Litr

From litr (“colour”), especially "red colour of the face", thus meaning “Red-faced One”.


Vitr

From vitr (“wise”), thus meaning “Wise One”.


Nýr

From nýr (“new”), thus meaning “New One”.


Nýráðr

Related to nýráðliga (“oddly, queerly”), thus meaning “Ingenious One”.


Reginn

Icelandic: Reginn

Faroese: Regin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Regen, Regin

Swedish: Regen, Regin

Danish: Regin

Likely related to regin (“the gods, the powers”), thus meaning “Potent One”.


Ráðsviðr

From ráð (“advice, counsel”) + sviðr (“swift, wise”), thus meaning “Wise in Counsel”.


Fíli

Possibly from Old Saxon or Old High German fīla (“file”), thus meaning “The Filer”.


Kíli

Icelandic: Kíli

Faroese: Kili

Norwegian Nynorsk: Kile

Swedish: Kile

Danish: Kile

Possibly from kíll (“wedge”), related to Old High German kīla (“wedge”), thus meaning “The Wedge”.


Fundinn

From fundinn (“found”), past participle of finna (“to find”), thus meaning “Found One”.


Náli

Possibly from nál (“needle”), thus possibly meaning “The Needle”.


Víli

Uncertain and meaning, but possibly a misspelling for Fíli, meaning “The Needle”.


Hepti

From hepti (“handle”), thus possibly meaning “The Handle”.


Hanarr

Possibly from hannarr (“skilled”), thus meaning “Skilled One”.


Svíurr

Possibly related to svína (“to dwindle, subside”), thus meaning “Dwindled One”.


Brúni

Probably related to brúnn (“brown”), thus meaning “Brown One”.


Bíldr

Probably from bíldr (“edged weapon, bloodletting knife”), thus meaning "The Edged Weapon". Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bīþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).
However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.


Buri

Bura (genitive)
Buri (indefinite nominative)
Bura (accusative indefinite)
Bura (dative indefinite)
Bura (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Buri

From Proto-Germanic *burô (“bearer; one who carries or brings”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Compare Borr (literally “the one brought forth”).


Frár

From frár (“swift”), thus meaning “Swift One”.


Hornbori

→ Icelandic: Hornbori

→ Faroese: Hornberi

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Hornbore

→ Swedish: Hornbore

→ Danish: Hornbore

From horn (“horn”) + bora (“to bore, drill”), thus meaning “Horn-borer”.


Frægr

From frægr (“famous”), thus meaning “Famous One”.


Lóni

Probably from Old Norse lón (“a still place in the flow”), thus meaning “Lazy One”, “Still One”.


Aurvangr

From aurr (“clay, mud”) + vangr (“wong, field”), thus meaning "Mud-wong".

compound

(Norse mythology, in the plural) place-name


Eikinskjaldi

Icelandic: Eikinskjaldi

Faroese: Eikinskjaldi

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: Eikenskjalde, Eikinskjalde, Eikenskjold

Swedish: Ekenskjalde, Eikinskjalde

Danish: Ekinskjalde, Eikinskjalde

From eikinn (“oaken”) + skjǫldr (“shield”), thus meaning “One with Oaken Shield”.


skúfr

skúfs (genitive)
skúfar (plural)
skúfr (indefinite nominative singular)
skúfrinn (definite nominative singular)
skúfar (indefinite nominative plural)
skúfarnir (definite nominative plural)
skúf (accusative indefinite singular)
skúfinn (accusative definite singular)
skúfa (accusative indefinite plural)
skúfana (accusative definite plural)
skúfi (dative indefinite singular)
skúfinum (dative definite singular)
skúfum (dative indefinite plural)
skúfunum (dative definite plural)
skúfs (genitive indefinite singular)
skúfsins (definite genitive singular)
skúfa (genitive indefinite plural)
skúfanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

skúfr

Icelandic: skúfur m

desctree

Faroese: skúgvur m
→ Bulgarian: ску́а f (skúa)
→ Carpathian Rusyn: ску́а f (skúa)
→ Danish: skue c
→ English: skua
→ Welsh: sgiwen f
→ French: skua m
→ German: Skua f
→ Portuguese: escua, skua
→ Russian: ску́а f (skúa)
→ Spanish: skúa m

Norwegian Bokmål: sku m, skua m

onomatopoeic

imitative


ljónar

non-decl-blank-plur

ljónar

ljónar (indefinite nominative plural)
ljónarnir (definite nominative plural)
ljóna (accusative indefinite plural)
ljónana (accusative definite plural)
ljónum (dative indefinite plural)
ljónunum (dative definite plural)
ljóna (genitive indefinite plural)
ljónanna (definite genitive plural)

Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”).


beiskleiki

indefinite dative singular of beiskleikr


Lofarr

Presumably from lofa (“to praise”), thus meaning “Praiseworthy One”.


haugr

haugs (genitive)
haugar (plural)
haugr (indefinite nominative singular)
haugrinn (definite nominative singular)
haugar (indefinite nominative plural)
haugarnir (definite nominative plural)
haug (accusative indefinite singular)
hauginn (accusative definite singular)
hauga (accusative indefinite plural)
haugana (accusative definite plural)
haugi (dative indefinite singular)
hauginum (dative definite singular)
haugum (dative indefinite plural)
haugunum (dative definite plural)
haugs (genitive indefinite singular)
haugsins (definite genitive singular)
hauga (genitive indefinite plural)
hauganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

haugr

Icelandic: haugur

Faroese: heyggjur, heygur

Norwegian Nynorsk: haug

Norwegian Bokmål: haug

Old Swedish: høgher

Swedish: hög

Danish: høj

→ Middle English: hoge

→ Old French: hoge, hogue

From Proto-Germanic *haugaz. Related to hár (“high”), Danish høj (“high”), Swedish hög (“hill”), North English how, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.


vangr

vangs (genitive)
vangar (plural)
vangr (indefinite nominative singular)
vangrinn (definite nominative singular)
vangar (indefinite nominative plural)
vangarnir (definite nominative plural)
vang (accusative indefinite singular)
vanginn (accusative definite singular)
vanga (accusative indefinite plural)
vangana (accusative definite plural)
vangi (dative indefinite singular)
vanginum (dative definite singular)
vǫngum (dative indefinite plural)
vǫngunum (dative definite plural)
vangs (genitive indefinite singular)
vangsins (definite genitive singular)
vanga (genitive indefinite plural)
vanganna (definite genitive plural)

vangr

Icelandic: vangur m

Norwegian Bokmål: vang m

Norwegian Nynorsk: vang m

Old Swedish: vanger

Swedish: vång

Old Danish: vang

From Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow, slope”). Cognate with Old English wang, wong, Old Saxon wang, Old High German wang, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs).

inh

Þá var und hjálmum / á Himinvanga, […]

Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, verse 15, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 104

Then was under helmets, on the heaven-meadows

(poetic, especially in compounds) a garden, field, meadow


aurr

aurs (genitive)
aurar (plural)
aurr (indefinite nominative singular)
aurrinn (definite nominative singular)
aurar (indefinite nominative plural)
aurarnir (definite nominative plural)
aur (accusative indefinite singular)
aurinn (accusative definite singular)
aura (accusative indefinite plural)
aurana (accusative definite plural)
auri (dative indefinite singular)
aurinum (dative definite singular)
aurum (dative indefinite plural)
aurunum (dative definite plural)
aurs (genitive indefinite singular)
aursins (definite genitive singular)
aura (genitive indefinite plural)
auranna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

aurr

Icelandic: aur

Faroese: eyrur

Norwegian Nynorsk: aur

→ Norwegian Bokmål: aur

Old Swedish: ø̄r

Swedish: ör

Danish: ør

Gutnish: aur

From Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet sand or earth, mud”). Cognate with Old English ēar and possibly Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 (aurahjōm), an inflection of an obscure Gothic word.

inh

[…] aurr etr iljar, / en ofan kuldi, […]

Grottasöngr, verse 15, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 203

[…] mud tears our feet, / frost freezes our forms, […]

Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]

Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4

I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]


Jǫruvǫllr

Probably from jara (“fight, battle”) + vǫllr (“vale, field”), thus meaning "Battle-vale".


sjǫt

sjatar (genitive)
sjatir (plural)
sjǫt (indefinite nominative plural)
sjǫtin (definite nominative plural)
sjǫt (accusative indefinite plural)
sjǫtin (accusative definite plural)
sjǫtum (dative indefinite plural)
sjǫtunum (dative definite plural)
sjata (genitive indefinite plural)
sjatanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-plur

sjǫt

From Proto-Germanic *setō. Cognate with Old English set.

ragna sjǫt


Draupnir

Draupnis (genitive)
Draupnir (indefinite nominative)
Draupni (accusative indefinite)
Draupni (dative indefinite)
Draupnis (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Draupnir

Norwegian Nynorsk: Draupne

Probably related to drjúpa (“to drip”), therefore meaning "Dripper" (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith).


Dolgþrasir

From dolgr (“enemy, fiend”) + þrasir (“snorter, one in rage”), the second element deriving from þrasa (“to snort, rage”), thus meaning “Battle-eager”.


Hár

From hár (“high”), thus meaning "High One".


Haugspori

From haugr (“burial mound, cairn”) + spor (“track, footprint”), thus meaning “Howe-treader”.


Hlévangr

From hlé (“shelter, lee”) + vangr (“wong, plain, meadow”), thus meaning “Sheltered Plain”.


Glóinn

From glóa (“to glow”), thus meaning “Glowing One”.


Óri

Probably from óra (“to rave, wrangle”), thus meaning “Raving One”.


Dúfr

Possibly related to dúfa (“dove”), thus meaning “Dove-like One”.


Andvari

From andvari (“gentle breeze; watchfulness, vigilance”), thus possibly meaning "Wind-wary".


Skirfir

Possibly related to skirpa (“to spit”), thus meaning “The Spitter”.


Virfir

Possibly related to Old Frisian verver (“dyer”), thus meaning “The Dyer”, or created as a rhyme for Skirfir.


Skáfiðr

Skáfiðar (genitive)
Skáfiðr (indefinite nominative)
Skáfið (accusative indefinite)
Skáfiði (dative indefinite)
Skáfiðar (genitive indefinite)
Skáviðr (alternative)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Skáfiðr

From skár (“open, good”) + viðr (“tree wood, board”), thus possibly meaning “Good Tree”.


Ái

From ái (“great-grandfather”), thus meaning “Great-grandfather”.


Ginnarr

From ginna (“to dupe, deceive”), thus meaning "The Deceiver".


Frosti

Probably related to frost (“frost”), thus meaning “Cold One”.


Fjalarr

Possibly related to fjǫl (“plank, deal, board”), therefore meaning "The Paneller". Another possibility is the derivation from fela (“to hide, conceal”), thus meaning "The Spy".

(Norse mythology) name of a dwarf who created the Mead of Poetry out of the blood of Kvasir

(Norse mythology) A red rooster that is said to herald the onset of Ragnarök


Alfr

Icelandic: Álfur

Faroese: Álvur

Norwegian Nynorsk: Alv

From alfr (“elf”), thus meaning “The Elf”.


hafðr

Icelandic: hafður

Faroese: havdur

From Proto-Germanic *habdaz (“had, held”), past participle of *habjaną (“to have, hold”).


langniðjar

non-decl-blank-plur

langniðjar

langniðjar (indefinite nominative plural)
langniðjarnir (definite nominative plural)
langniðja (accusative indefinite plural)
langniðjana (accusative definite plural)
langniðjum (dative indefinite plural)
langniðjunum (dative definite plural)
langniðja (genitive indefinite plural)
langniðjanna (definite genitive plural)

From langr (“long”) + niðr (“son, kinsman, relative”).

compound

descending lineage on the father’s side, counted downwards; paternal descendants


ǫflugr

non-adj

ǫflugr (comparative ǫflgari, superlative ǫflgastr)

ǫflgari (comparative)
ǫflgastr (superlative)
ǫflugr (masculine nominative singular)
ǫflug (feminine nominative singular)
ǫflugt (neuter nominative singular)
ǫflgan (accusative masculine singular)
ǫflga (accusative feminine singular)
ǫflugt (accusative neuter singular)
ǫflgum (dative masculine singular)
ǫflugri (dative feminine singular)
ǫflugra (dative neuter singular)
ǫflugs (genitive masculine singular)
ǫflugrar (feminine genitive singular)
ǫflugs (genitive neuter singular)
ǫflgir (masculine nominative plural)
ǫflgar (feminine nominative plural)
ǫflug (neuter nominative plural)
ǫflga (accusative masculine plural)
ǫflgar (accusative feminine plural)
ǫflug (accusative neuter plural)
ǫflgum (dative masculine plural)
ǫflgum (dative feminine plural)
ǫflgum (dative neuter plural)
ǫflgra (genitive masculine plural)
ǫflgra (feminine genitive plural)
ǫflgra (genitive neuter plural)
ǫflgi (masculine nominative singular)
ǫflga (feminine nominative singular)
ǫflga (neuter nominative singular)
ǫflga (accusative masculine singular)
ǫflgu (accusative feminine singular)
ǫflga (accusative neuter singular)
ǫflga (dative masculine singular)
ǫflgu (dative feminine singular)
ǫflga (dative neuter singular)
ǫflga (genitive masculine singular)
ǫflgu (feminine genitive singular)
ǫflga (genitive neuter singular)
ǫflgu (masculine nominative plural)
ǫflgu (feminine nominative plural)
ǫflgu (neuter nominative plural)
ǫflgu (accusative masculine plural)
ǫflgu (accusative feminine plural)
ǫflgu (accusative neuter plural)
ǫflgum (dative masculine plural)
ǫflgum (dative feminine plural)
ǫflgum (dative neuter plural)
ǫflgu (genitive masculine plural)
ǫflgu (feminine genitive plural)
ǫflgu (genitive neuter plural)
ǫflgari (masculine nominative singular)
ǫflgari (feminine nominative singular)
ǫflgara (neuter nominative singular)
ǫflgara (accusative masculine singular)
ǫflgari (accusative feminine singular)
ǫflgara (accusative neuter singular)
ǫflgara (dative masculine singular)
ǫflgari (dative feminine singular)
ǫflgara (dative neuter singular)
ǫflgara (genitive masculine singular)
ǫflgari (feminine genitive singular)
ǫflgara (genitive neuter singular)
ǫflgari (masculine nominative plural)
ǫflgari (feminine nominative plural)
ǫflgari (neuter nominative plural)
ǫflgari (accusative masculine plural)
ǫflgari (accusative feminine plural)
ǫflgari (accusative neuter plural)
ǫflgarum (dative masculine plural)
ǫflgarum (dative feminine plural)
ǫflgarum (dative neuter plural)
ǫflgari (genitive masculine plural)
ǫflgari (feminine genitive plural)
ǫflgari (genitive neuter plural)
ǫflgastr (masculine nominative singular)
ǫflgast (feminine nominative singular)
ǫflgastt (neuter nominative singular)
ǫflgastan (accusative masculine singular)
ǫflgasta (accusative feminine singular)
ǫflgastt (accusative neuter singular)
ǫflgastum (dative masculine singular)
ǫflgastri (dative feminine singular)
ǫflgastu (dative neuter singular)
ǫflgasts (genitive masculine singular)
ǫflgastrar (feminine genitive singular)
ǫflgasts (genitive neuter singular)
ǫflgastir (masculine nominative plural)
ǫflgastar (feminine nominative plural)
ǫflgast (neuter nominative plural)
ǫflgasta (accusative masculine plural)
ǫflgastar (accusative feminine plural)
ǫflgast (accusative neuter plural)
ǫflgastum (dative masculine plural)
ǫflgastum (dative feminine plural)
ǫflgastum (dative neuter plural)
ǫflgastra (genitive masculine plural)
ǫflgastra (feminine genitive plural)
ǫflgastra (genitive neuter plural)
ǫflgasti (masculine nominative singular)
ǫflgasta (feminine nominative singular)
ǫflgasta (neuter nominative singular)
ǫflgasta (accusative masculine singular)
ǫflgastu (accusative feminine singular)
ǫflgasta (accusative neuter singular)
ǫflgasta (dative masculine singular)
ǫflgastu (dative feminine singular)
ǫflgasta (dative neuter singular)
ǫflgasta (genitive masculine singular)
ǫflgastu (feminine genitive singular)
ǫflgasta (genitive neuter singular)
ǫflgastu (masculine nominative plural)
ǫflgastu (feminine nominative plural)
ǫflgastu (neuter nominative plural)
ǫflgastu (accusative masculine plural)
ǫflgastu (accusative feminine plural)
ǫflgastu (accusative neuter plural)
ǫflgastum (dative masculine plural)
ǫflgastum (dative feminine plural)
ǫflgastum (dative neuter plural)
ǫflgastu (genitive masculine plural)
ǫflgastu (feminine genitive plural)
ǫflgastu (genitive neuter plural)
aflugr (alternative)

Icelandic: öflugur

From afl (“physical strength, force”) + -ugr.


hvít

inflection of hvítr:
strong feminine nominative singular

strong neuter nominative/accusative plural


hvítt

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hvítr


hvítar

strong feminine nominative/accusative plural of hvítr


styrkr

Icelandic: styrkur

Faroese: styrkur

Norwegian Bokmål: styrke

Norwegian Nynorsk: styrke

Old Swedish: styrker m, styrk f

Swedish: styrka

Danish: styrke


naðr

non-decl-blank-full

naðr

naðr (indefinite nominative singular)
naðrinn (definite nominative singular)
naðrar (indefinite nominative plural)
naðrarnir (definite nominative plural)
naðr (accusative indefinite singular)
naðrinn (accusative definite singular)
naðra (accusative indefinite plural)
naðrana (accusative definite plural)
naðri (dative indefinite singular)
naðrinum (dative definite singular)
nǫðrum (dative indefinite plural)
nǫðrunum (dative definite plural)
naðrs (genitive indefinite singular)
naðrsins (definite genitive singular)
naðra (genitive indefinite plural)
naðranna (definite genitive plural)
naðra (alternative)

Icelandic: naður

Swedish: näder

From Proto-Germanic *nadraz, cognate to adder.


naddr

Icelandic: naddur, Naddur (meanings as above)

Norwegian Bokmål: nadd

Variety of dial. Nor. and Swed. snadd "spike," and related to Swed. dial. snattar m. pl. "woman's breasts, nipples," Dutch snater (“beak,”) Luxembourgish Schnatt (“cut,”) German Schnate (“wound, border.”).


nadda

to stud (to furnish with studs, to make studded)


mǫguligr

Iceland: mögulegur

Faroese: møguligur

Old Swedish: mø̄gheliker

Swedish: möjlig

Danish: mulig

Norwegian Bokmål: mulig

Norwegian Nynorsk: mogeleg, mogleg

From Middle Low German mȫgelîk. Cognate to Old English mihtlīċ (mightly) and German möglich.


elfr

non-noun

elfr f (genitive elfar, dative elfi, plural elfar)

elfar (genitive)
elfi (dative)
elfar (plural)
elfr (indefinite nominative singular)
elfrin (definite nominative singular)
elfar (indefinite nominative plural)
elfarnar (definite nominative plural)
elfi (accusative indefinite singular)
elfina (accusative definite singular)
elfar (accusative indefinite plural)
elfarnar (accusative definite plural)
elfi (dative indefinite singular)
elfinni (dative definite singular)
elfum (dative indefinite plural)
elfunum (dative definite plural)
elfar (genitive indefinite singular)
elfarinnar (definite genitive singular)
elfa (genitive indefinite plural)
elfanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

elfr

Icelandic: elfur, elfa

Faroese: elvur m, elv f

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: elv; (dialectal) alv, ålv, olv, ølv

Old Swedish: ælf

Swedish: älv, älf (pre-1906 spelling)

Old Danish: ælf, ælv

Danish: elv

Norwegian Bokmål: elv


krækiber

Danish: kragebær

Faroese: krákuber

Icelandic: krækiber

Norwegian:

Norwegian Nynorsk: krekebær

Bokmål: krekebær

Swedish: kråkbär


krákr

Of imitative origin, similar to Latin grāculus, and ultimately from the root of kráka (“crow”).

onomatopoeic

imitative


elgr

non-decl-blank-full

elgr

elgr (indefinite nominative singular)
elgrinn (definite nominative singular)
elgir (indefinite nominative plural)
elgirnir (definite nominative plural)
elg (accusative indefinite singular)
elginn (accusative definite singular)
elgi (accusative indefinite plural)
elgina (accusative definite plural)
elg (dative indefinite singular)
elginum (dative definite singular)
elgjum (dative indefinite plural)
elgjunum (dative definite plural)
elgs (genitive indefinite singular)
elgsins (definite genitive singular)
elgja (genitive indefinite plural)
elgjanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: elgur

Faroese: elgur

Norwegian Nynorsk: elg; (dialectal) alg

Old Swedish: ælgher

Swedish: älg

Danish: elg, ⇒ elsdyr

Norwegian Bokmål: elg

From Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”).


eljan

Icelandic: eljan, eljun, elja

⇒ Faroese: eljustríð, eljusjúkur

From Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, strength, power, courage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to spur”).
Cognate with Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”), Old Saxon ellian (“strength, courage, bravery”) Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”) and Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”).


eljun

Icelandic: eljan, eljun, elja

⇒ Faroese: eljustríð, eljusjúkur


friðla

non-decl-blank-full

friðla

friðla (indefinite nominative singular)
friðlan (definite nominative singular)
friðlur (indefinite nominative plural)
friðlurnar (definite nominative plural)
friðlu (accusative indefinite singular)
friðluna (accusative definite singular)
friðlur (accusative indefinite plural)
friðlurnar (accusative definite plural)
friðlu (dative indefinite singular)
friðlunni (dative definite singular)
friðlum (dative indefinite plural)
friðlunum (dative definite plural)
friðlu (genitive indefinite singular)
friðlunnar (definite genitive singular)
friðla (genitive indefinite plural)
friðlanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: frilla

Faroese: frilla

Norwegian Nynorsk: frille

Norwegian Bokmål: frille

Old Swedish: frilla, friþla

Swedish: frilla

Danish: frille

From Proto-Germanic *fridilǭ, feminine form of Proto-Germanic *fridilaz.


ógnarligr

Icelandic: ógnarlega


-ligr

Icelandic: -legur

Faroese: -ligur

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: -lig

Norwegian Nynorsk: -leg

Old Swedish: -līker

Swedish: -lig

Old Danish: -lig

Danish: -lig

From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”).

inh

suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like

(weak neuter accusative singular) used to create adverbs from these adjectives


dimmr

Icelandic: dimmur

Faroese: dimmur

Norwegian Nynorsk: dim

Norwegian Bokmål: dim

From Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure”).
Compare English dim.


myrkr

myrkan (accusative)
myrkari (masculine nominative singular)
myrkjari (masculine nominative singular)
myrkvari (masculine nominative singular)
myrkari (feminine nominative singular)
myrkjari (feminine nominative singular)
myrkvari (feminine nominative singular)
myrkara (neuter nominative singular)
myrkjara (neuter nominative singular)
myrkvara (neuter nominative singular)
myrkara (accusative masculine singular)
myrkjara (accusative masculine singular)
myrkvara (accusative masculine singular)
myrkari (accusative feminine singular)
myrkjari (accusative feminine singular)
myrkvari (accusative feminine singular)
myrkara (accusative neuter singular)
myrkjara (accusative neuter singular)
myrkvara (accusative neuter singular)
myrkara (dative masculine singular)
myrkjara (dative masculine singular)
myrkvara (dative masculine singular)
myrkari (dative feminine singular)
myrkjari (dative feminine singular)
myrkvari (dative feminine singular)
myrkara (dative neuter singular)
myrkjara (dative neuter singular)
myrkvara (dative neuter singular)
myrkara (genitive masculine singular)
myrkjara (genitive masculine singular)
myrkvara (genitive masculine singular)
myrkari (feminine genitive singular)
myrkjari (feminine genitive singular)
myrkvari (feminine genitive singular)
myrkara (genitive neuter singular)
myrkjara (genitive neuter singular)
myrkvara (genitive neuter singular)
myrkari (masculine nominative plural)
myrkjari (masculine nominative plural)
myrkvari (masculine nominative plural)
myrkari (feminine nominative plural)
myrkjari (feminine nominative plural)
myrkvari (feminine nominative plural)
myrkari (neuter nominative plural)
myrkjari (neuter nominative plural)
myrkvari (neuter nominative plural)
myrkari (accusative masculine plural)
myrkjari (accusative masculine plural)
myrkvari (accusative masculine plural)
myrkari (accusative feminine plural)
myrkjari (accusative feminine plural)
myrkvari (accusative feminine plural)
myrkari (accusative neuter plural)
myrkjari (accusative neuter plural)
myrkvari (accusative neuter plural)
myrkjurum (dative masculine plural)
myrkurum (dative masculine plural)
myrkjurum (dative feminine plural)
myrkurum (dative feminine plural)
myrkjurum (dative neuter plural)
myrkurum (dative neuter plural)
myrkari (genitive masculine plural)
myrkjari (genitive masculine plural)
myrkvari (genitive masculine plural)
myrkari (feminine genitive plural)
myrkjari (feminine genitive plural)
myrkvari (feminine genitive plural)
myrkari (genitive neuter plural)
myrkjari (genitive neuter plural)
myrkvari (genitive neuter plural)
myrkastr (masculine nominative singular)
myrkjastr (masculine nominative singular)
myrkvastr (masculine nominative singular)
myrkjust (feminine nominative singular)
myrkust (feminine nominative singular)
myrkast (neuter nominative singular)
myrkjast (neuter nominative singular)
myrkvast (neuter nominative singular)
myrkastan (accusative masculine singular)
myrkjastan (accusative masculine singular)
myrkvastan (accusative masculine singular)
myrkasta (accusative feminine singular)
myrkjasta (accusative feminine singular)
myrkvasta (accusative feminine singular)
myrkast (accusative neuter singular)
myrkjast (accusative neuter singular)
myrkvast (accusative neuter singular)
myrkjustum (dative masculine singular)
myrkustum (dative masculine singular)
myrkastri (dative feminine singular)
myrkjastri (dative feminine singular)
myrkvastri (dative feminine singular)
myrkjustu (dative neuter singular)
myrkustu (dative neuter singular)
myrkasts (genitive masculine singular)
myrkjasts (genitive masculine singular)
myrkvasts (genitive masculine singular)
myrkastrar (feminine genitive singular)
myrkjastrar (feminine genitive singular)
myrkvastrar (feminine genitive singular)
myrkasts (genitive neuter singular)
myrkjasts (genitive neuter singular)
myrkvasts (genitive neuter singular)
myrkastir (masculine nominative plural)
myrkjastir (masculine nominative plural)
myrkvastir (masculine nominative plural)
myrkastar (feminine nominative plural)
myrkjastar (feminine nominative plural)
myrkvastar (feminine nominative plural)
myrkjust (neuter nominative plural)
myrkust (neuter nominative plural)
myrkasta (accusative masculine plural)
myrkjasta (accusative masculine plural)
myrkvasta (accusative masculine plural)
myrkastar (accusative feminine plural)
myrkjastar (accusative feminine plural)
myrkvastar (accusative feminine plural)
myrkjust (accusative neuter plural)
myrkust (accusative neuter plural)
myrkjustum (dative masculine plural)
myrkustum (dative masculine plural)
myrkjustum (dative feminine plural)
myrkustum (dative feminine plural)
myrkjustum (dative neuter plural)
myrkustum (dative neuter plural)
myrkastra (genitive masculine plural)
myrkjastra (genitive masculine plural)
myrkvastra (genitive masculine plural)
myrkastra (feminine genitive plural)
myrkjastra (feminine genitive plural)
myrkvastra (feminine genitive plural)
myrkastra (genitive neuter plural)
myrkjastra (genitive neuter plural)
myrkvastra (genitive neuter plural)
myrkasti (masculine nominative singular)
myrkjasti (masculine nominative singular)
myrkvasti (masculine nominative singular)
myrkasta (feminine nominative singular)
myrkjasta (feminine nominative singular)
myrkvasta (feminine nominative singular)
myrkasta (neuter nominative singular)
myrkjasta (neuter nominative singular)
myrkvasta (neuter nominative singular)
myrkasta (accusative masculine singular)
myrkjasta (accusative masculine singular)
myrkvasta (accusative masculine singular)
myrkjustu (accusative feminine singular)
myrkustu (accusative feminine singular)
myrkasta (accusative neuter singular)
myrkjasta (accusative neuter singular)
myrkvasta (accusative neuter singular)
myrkasta (dative masculine singular)
myrkjasta (dative masculine singular)
myrkvasta (dative masculine singular)
myrkjustu (dative feminine singular)
myrkustu (dative feminine singular)
myrkasta (dative neuter singular)
myrkjasta (dative neuter singular)
myrkvasta (dative neuter singular)
myrkasta (genitive masculine singular)
myrkjasta (genitive masculine singular)
myrkvasta (genitive masculine singular)
myrkjustu (feminine genitive singular)
myrkustu (feminine genitive singular)
myrkasta (genitive neuter singular)
myrkjasta (genitive neuter singular)
myrkvasta (genitive neuter singular)
myrkjustu (masculine nominative plural)
myrkustu (masculine nominative plural)
myrkjustu (feminine nominative plural)
myrkustu (feminine nominative plural)
myrkjustu (neuter nominative plural)
myrkustu (neuter nominative plural)
myrkjustu (accusative masculine plural)
myrkustu (accusative masculine plural)
myrkjustu (accusative feminine plural)
myrkustu (accusative feminine plural)
myrkjustu (accusative neuter plural)
myrkustu (accusative neuter plural)
myrkjustum (dative masculine plural)
myrkustum (dative masculine plural)
myrkjustum (dative feminine plural)
myrkustum (dative feminine plural)
myrkjustum (dative neuter plural)
myrkustum (dative neuter plural)
myrkjustu (genitive masculine plural)
myrkustu (genitive masculine plural)
myrkjustu (feminine genitive plural)
myrkustu (feminine genitive plural)
myrkjustu (genitive neuter plural)
myrkustu (genitive neuter plural)

Icelandic: myrkur

Faroese: myrkur

Norwegian Nynorsk: myrk, mørk

Swedish: mörk

Danish: mørk

Norwegian Bokmål: mørk

From Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate to English murk.

myrkt var af nótt

[…] þat verðr mǫrgum manni,

c. 951, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 40

It happens to many a man that he gets confused by an obscure letter.


ljóss

Icelandic: ljós

Faroese: ljósur

Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos

Elfdalian: liuos

Old Swedish: liūs

Swedish: ljus

Danish: lys

Norwegian Bokmål: lys

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lys


ljótr

Icelandic: ljótur

Faroese: ljótur

Norwegian Nynorsk: ljot

Jamtish: ljøt

Elfdalian: liuot, liuot-


fjǫllóttr

Icelandic: fjöllóttur


freknóttr

Danish: fregnet

Icelandic: freknóttur

Norwegian (bokmål): fregnet, fregnete

Norwegian (nynorsk): freknete


flekkóttr

Faroese: flekkutur

Icelandic: flekkóttur

Norwegian (bokmål): flekket, flekkete

Norwegian (nynorsk): flekkete


svartflekkóttr

Faroese: svartflekkutur

Icelandic: svartflekkóttur

Norwegian (bokmål): svartflekket

Norwegian (nynorsk): svartflekkete


rauðflekkóttr

Faroese: reyðflekkutur

Icelandic: rauðflekkóttur

Norwegian (bokmål): rødflekket


rauðfreknóttr

Icelandic: rauðfreknóttur

Norwegian (bokmål): rødfregnet


spilla sifjum

10th century, Vǫluspá
Brǿðr munu bęrjask · ok at bǫnum verðask,
munu systrungar · sifjum spilla;

Brothers shall fight and fell each other; sisters’ sons will defile the kinship;

(poetic) to "defile kinship"; to commit incest


gamalt

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of gamall


hanzki

non-noun

hanzki m (genitive hanzka, plural hanzkar)

hanzka (genitive)
hanzkar (plural)
hanzki (indefinite nominative singular)
hanzkinn (definite nominative singular)
hanzkar (indefinite nominative plural)
hanzkarnir (definite nominative plural)
hanzka (accusative indefinite singular)
hanzkann (accusative definite singular)
hanzka (accusative indefinite plural)
hanzkana (accusative definite plural)
hanzka (dative indefinite singular)
hanzkanum (dative definite singular)
hǫnzkum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫnzkunum (dative definite plural)
hanzka (genitive indefinite singular)
hanzkans (definite genitive singular)
hanzka (genitive indefinite plural)
hanzkanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hanzki

Danish: handske

Faroese: handski

Icelandic: hanski

Norwegian (Nynorsk): hanske

Norwegian (Bokmål): hanske

Swedish: handske

→ Finnish: hansikas, hanska

Borrowed from Middle Low German hanske, hantschô (“glove”), from Old Saxon handskōh, from Proto-West Germanic *handuskōh.


lengst

strong feminine nominative singular of langr

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of langr

strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of langr


kolfr

Icelandic: kólfur

Faroese: kúlvur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: kolv; (dialectal) kóv’e, køłv, kæłv, kałv, kvolv, kvøłv

Norwegian Bokmål: kolv

Elfdalian: kuov

Old Swedish: kolver

Swedish: kolv (dialectal)

Danish: kolv (dialectal)

From Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”).

der

svá skjótt (snart) sem kólfi skjóti (skyti)

swift as an arrow


tjǫrn

non-noun

tjǫrn f (genitive tjarnar, plural tjarnir)

tjarnar (genitive)
tjarnir (plural)
tjǫrn (indefinite nominative singular)
tjǫrnin (definite nominative singular)
tjarnir (indefinite nominative plural)
tjarnirnar (definite nominative plural)
tjǫrn (accusative indefinite singular)
tjǫrnina (accusative definite singular)
tjarnir (accusative indefinite plural)
tjarnirnar (accusative definite plural)
tjǫrn (dative indefinite singular)
tjǫrninni (dative definite singular)
tjǫrnum (dative indefinite plural)
tjǫrnunum (dative definite plural)
tjarnar (genitive indefinite singular)
tjarnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
tjarna (genitive indefinite plural)
tjarnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

tjǫrn

Icelandic: tjörn

Faroese: tjørn

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn, tjønn, tjønn f, tjern, kjenn n

→ Scots: shon

Jamtish: tjern

Old Swedish: tiärn

Swedish: tjärn

Danish: tjern

Norwegian Bokmål: tjern

→ Middle English: terne

English: tarn, tairn

Scots: tarn

From Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“anger, fury”).


púta

pútu (genitive)
pútur (plural)
púta (indefinite nominative singular)
pútan (definite nominative singular)
pútur (indefinite nominative plural)
púturnar (definite nominative plural)
pútu (accusative indefinite singular)
pútuna (accusative definite singular)
pútur (accusative indefinite plural)
púturnar (accusative definite plural)
pútu (dative indefinite singular)
pútunni (dative definite singular)
pútum (dative indefinite plural)
pútunum (dative definite plural)
pútu (genitive indefinite singular)
pútunnar (definite genitive singular)
pútna (genitive indefinite plural)
pútnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

púta

Faroese: púta

Icelandic: púta

Borrowed Old French pute, from Vulgar Latin putta/*puttāna, itself from Latin puta (“girl”).


kǫngull

Danish: kogle

Faroese: kongul

Icelandic: köngull

Norwegian (Nynorsk): kongle

Norwegian (Bokmål): kongle

From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”), see also Lithuanian gungulỹs (“ball”), Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”), Latin conucla (“staff for holding flax, wool, etc.”). However, Pokorny instead suggests *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), the source of English kink.


kengr

Icelandic: kengur

Norwegian Bokmål: kjeng

Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeng

From Proto-Germanic *kengaz, from Proto-Germanic *keng- (“to turn”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, twist, braid, weave”). Cognate with Dutch kink ("curl, kink"; > English kink), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral snail shell, twist in a rope”).

unk

unknown

gloss

"curl, kink"; > English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">kink</i>


kǫttr

non-noun

kǫttr m (genitive kattar, plural kettir)

kattar (genitive)
kettir (plural)
kǫttr (indefinite nominative singular)
kǫttrinn (definite nominative singular)
kettir (indefinite nominative plural)
kettirnir (definite nominative plural)
kǫtt (accusative indefinite singular)
kǫttinn (accusative definite singular)
kǫttu (accusative indefinite plural)
kǫttuna (accusative definite plural)
ketti (dative indefinite singular)
kettinum (dative definite singular)
kǫttum (dative indefinite plural)
kǫttunum (dative definite plural)
kattar (genitive indefinite singular)
kattarins (definite genitive singular)
katta (genitive indefinite plural)
kattanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

kǫttr

Faroese: køttur

Icelandic: köttur

Norwegian Nynorsk: katt

Old Swedish: katter

Swedish: katt

Danish: kat

Norwegian Bokmål: katt

[…] enn annat var morautt, sem i kauttum.

Magus saga jarls 19, in 1884, G. Cederschiöld, Fornsögur Suðrlanda. Lund, page 34

[…] but the other [eye] was yellow-brown, as if that of a cat.


hreysikǫttr

non-noun

hreysikǫttr m (genitive hreysikattar, plural hreysikettir)

hreysikattar (genitive)
hreysikettir (plural)
hreysikǫttr (indefinite nominative singular)
hreysikǫttrinn (definite nominative singular)
hreysikettir (indefinite nominative plural)
hreysikettirnir (definite nominative plural)
hreysikǫtt (accusative indefinite singular)
hreysikǫttinn (accusative definite singular)
hreysikǫttu (accusative indefinite plural)
hreysikǫttuna (accusative definite plural)
hreysiketti (dative indefinite singular)
hreysikettinum (dative definite singular)
hreysikǫttum (dative indefinite plural)
hreysikǫttunum (dative definite plural)
hreysikattar (genitive indefinite singular)
hreysikattarins (definite genitive singular)
hreysikatta (genitive indefinite plural)
hreysikattanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hreysikǫttr

Norwegian Nynorsk: røysekatt, røyskatt

Norwegian Bokmål: røyskatt


fjalakǫttr

non-noun

fjalakǫttr m (genitive fjalakattar, plural fjalakettir)

fjalakattar (genitive)
fjalakettir (plural)


trékǫttr

trékǫttr m (genitive trékattar, plural trékettir)


spaki

weak masculine nominative singular positive degree of spakr


Vár

Várar (genitive)
Vár (indefinite nominative)
Vǫ́r (indefinite nominative)
Vár (accusative indefinite)
Vǫ́r (accusative indefinite)
Vár (dative indefinite)
Vǫ́r (dative indefinite)
Várar (genitive indefinite)
Vǫ́r (alternative)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Vár

Related to várar f pl (“vows, contracts”). Perhaps from the feminine form Proto-Germanic *wēraz, *wērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”).

c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, trans. by Anthony Faulkes; London: Everyman 1995 (→ISBN), chapter 35.
Níunda Vár, hon hlýðir á eiða manna ok einkamál, er veita sín á milli konur ok karlar. Því heita þau mál várar. Hon hefnir ok þeim, er brigða.

Var: she listens to people's oaths and private agreements that women and men make between each other. Thus these contracts are called varar. She also punishes those who break them.

A female deity of the Norse pantheon associated with the making of oaths, pledges or agreements.


beitt

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of beiddr

inflection of beittr:
strong feminine nominative singular

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular/plural


hlaði

non-decl-blank-full

hlaði

hlaði (indefinite nominative singular)
hlaðinn (definite nominative singular)
hlaðar (indefinite nominative plural)
hlaðarnir (definite nominative plural)
hlaða (accusative indefinite singular)
hlaðann (accusative definite singular)
hlaða (accusative indefinite plural)
hlaðana (accusative definite plural)
hlaða (dative indefinite singular)
hlaðanum (dative definite singular)
hlǫðum (dative indefinite plural)
hlǫðunum (dative definite plural)
hlaða (genitive indefinite singular)
hlaðans (definite genitive singular)
hlaða (genitive indefinite plural)
hlaðanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: hlaði

Norwegian Nynorsk: lade


ragt

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of ragr


hnísa

Icelandic: hnísa

→ Greenlandic: niisa

Norwegian Bokmål: nise


kviða

kviðu (genitive)
kviða (indefinite nominative singular)
kviðan (definite nominative singular)
kviður (indefinite nominative plural)
kviðurnar (definite nominative plural)
kviðu (accusative indefinite singular)
kviðuna (accusative definite singular)
kviður (accusative indefinite plural)
kviðurnar (accusative definite plural)
kviðu (dative indefinite singular)
kviðunni (dative definite singular)
kviðum (dative indefinite plural)
kviðunum (dative definite plural)
kviðu (genitive indefinite singular)
kviðunnar (definite genitive singular)
kviðna (genitive indefinite plural)
kviðnanna (definite genitive plural)

kviða


ǫðlingr

ǫðlingr

ǫðlingr (indefinite nominative singular)
ǫðlingrinn (definite nominative singular)
ǫðlingar (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫðlingarnir (definite nominative plural)
ǫðling (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫðlinginn (accusative definite singular)
ǫðlinga (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫðlingana (accusative definite plural)
ǫðlingi (dative indefinite singular)
ǫðlinginum (dative definite singular)
ǫðlingum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫðlingunum (dative definite plural)
ǫðlings (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫðlingsins (definite genitive singular)
ǫðlinga (genitive indefinite plural)
ǫðlinganna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: öðlingur

Swedish: ädling

From Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Cognate with Old English æþeling.


ǫkla

ǫkla (genitive)
ǫklu (plural)
ǫkla (indefinite nominative singular)
ǫklat (definite nominative singular)
ǫklu (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫklun (definite nominative plural)
ǫkla (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫklat (accusative definite singular)
ǫklu (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫklun (accusative definite plural)
ǫkla (dative indefinite singular)
ǫklanu (dative definite singular)
ǫklum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫklunum (dative definite plural)
ǫkla (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫklans (definite genitive singular)
ǫklna (genitive indefinite plural)
ǫklnanna (definite genitive plural)
ǫkli (alternative)

ǫkla

Norwegian Nynorsk: okle

From Proto-Germanic *ankulǭ, a variant of *ankulaz.


álpt

non-noun

álpt f (genitive álptar, plural álptir or elptr)

álptar (genitive)
álptir (plural)
elptr (plural)
álpt (indefinite nominative singular)
álptin (definite nominative singular)
álptir (indefinite nominative plural)
álptirnar (definite nominative plural)
álpt (accusative indefinite singular)
álptina (accusative definite singular)
álptir (accusative indefinite plural)
álptirnar (accusative definite plural)
álpt (dative indefinite singular)
álptinni (dative definite singular)
álptum (dative indefinite plural)
álptunum (dative definite plural)
álptar (genitive indefinite singular)
álptarinnar (definite genitive singular)
álpta (genitive indefinite plural)
álptanna (definite genitive plural)
alpt (alternative)
ǫlpt (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

álpt

Icelandic: álft

>? Faroese: okn


ǫngr

Icelandic: öngur


takim

first-person plural present active subjunctive of taka


englar

non-decl-blank-plur

englar

englar (indefinite nominative plural)
englarnir (definite nominative plural)
engla (accusative indefinite plural)
englana (accusative definite plural)
englum (dative indefinite plural)
englunum (dative definite plural)
engla (genitive indefinite plural)
englanna (definite genitive plural)


englar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


svinna

non-noun

svinna f (genitive svinnu, plural svinnur)

svinnu (genitive)
svinnur (plural)
svinna (indefinite nominative singular)
svinnan (definite nominative singular)
svinnur (indefinite nominative plural)
svinnurnar (definite nominative plural)
svinnu (accusative indefinite singular)
svinnuna (accusative definite singular)
svinnur (accusative indefinite plural)
svinnurnar (accusative definite plural)
svinnu (dative indefinite singular)
svinnunni (dative definite singular)
svinnum (dative indefinite plural)
svinnunum (dative definite plural)
svinnu (genitive indefinite singular)
svinnunnar (definite genitive singular)
svinnna (genitive indefinite plural)
svinnnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

svinna


gólt

second-person singular past active indicative of gala


jók

first/third-person singular indicative past of auka


blót

blóts (genitive)
blót (plural)
blót (indefinite nominative singular)
blótit (definite nominative singular)
blót (indefinite nominative plural)
blótin (definite nominative plural)
blót (accusative indefinite singular)
blótit (accusative definite singular)
blót (accusative indefinite plural)
blótin (accusative definite plural)
blóti (dative indefinite singular)
blótinu (dative definite singular)
blótum (dative indefinite plural)
blótunum (dative definite plural)
blóts (genitive indefinite singular)
blótsins (definite genitive singular)
blóta (genitive indefinite plural)
blótanna (definite genitive plural)

blót

Icelandic: blót

→ Faroese: blót

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blót

Old Swedish: blot

Swedish: blot

Old Gutnish: blót

→ Danish: blot

From Proto-Germanic *blōtą (“offering, sacrifice”). Cognate with Old English blōt and the first part of Old High German bluozhūs (“heathen temple”).
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”).

der

[…] fyri norðan, þar voru áðr blót ok hörgar.

Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20

[…] to the north, there were up to now offerings and personal shrines.

(Germanic paganism, especially in the plural) offering

En þat er siðr þeirra at hafa blot a havst oc fagna þa vetri, […]

Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104

But it is a custom for them to have a feast at fall and celebrate the winter, […]

(Germanic paganism) sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast

Engi maðr ſkal hafa i huſi ſinu ſtaf eða ſtalla, vit eða blot, […]

Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383

No man shall have in his house a staff or an altar, a charm or an offering site, […]

(Germanic paganism) offering site, a place to make offerings

[…] snéri hann til dura ok sá fimm menn úti, heyrdi hann þá blot, […]

Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101

[…] he turned to the doors and saw there five men, and then heard cursing, […]

cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other


sáir

second-person singular present subjunctive active of sá


þýðingar

inflection of þýðing:
indefinite genitive singular

inflection of þýðing:
indefinite nominative/accusative plural


skagi

skaga (genitive)
skagi (indefinite nominative singular)
skaginn (definite nominative singular)
skagar (indefinite nominative plural)
skagarnir (definite nominative plural)
skaga (accusative indefinite singular)
skagann (accusative definite singular)
skaga (accusative indefinite plural)
skagana (accusative definite plural)
skaga (dative indefinite singular)
skaganum (dative definite singular)
skǫgum (dative indefinite plural)
skǫgunum (dative definite plural)
skaga (genitive indefinite singular)
skagans (definite genitive singular)
skaga (genitive indefinite plural)
skaganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

skagi

Icelandic: skagi

Norwegian Nynorsk: skage

Norwegian Bokmål: skage


skagi

first-person singular present indicative active

third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active


yfirtaka

head

yfirtaka (singular past indicative yfirtók, plural past indicative yfirtóku, past participle yfirtekinn)

yfirtók (indicative past singular)
yfirtóku (indicative past plural)
yfirtekinn (participle past)
yfirtaka (infinitive)
yfirtakandi (participle present)
yfirtekinn (participle past)
yfirtek (first-person indicative present singular)
yfirtók (first-person indicative past singular)
yfirtaka (first-person present singular subjunctive)
yfirtœka (first-person past singular subjunctive)
yfirtekr (indicative present second-person singular)
yfirtókt (indicative past second-person singular)
yfirtakir (present second-person singular subjunctive)
yfirtœkir (past second-person singular subjunctive)
yfirtekr (indicative present singular third-person)
yfirtók (indicative past singular third-person)
yfirtaki (present singular subjunctive third-person)
yfirtœki (past singular subjunctive third-person)
yfirtǫkum (first-person indicative plural present)
yfirtókum (first-person indicative past plural)
yfirtakim (first-person plural present subjunctive)
yfirtœkim (first-person past plural subjunctive)
yfirtakið (indicative plural present second-person)
yfirtókuð (indicative past plural second-person)
yfirtakið (plural present second-person subjunctive)
yfirtœkið (past plural second-person subjunctive)
yfirtaka (indicative plural present third-person)
yfirtóku (indicative past plural third-person)
yfirtaki (plural present subjunctive third-person)
yfirtœki (past plural subjunctive third-person)
yfirtak (present second-person singular)
yfirtǫkum (first-person plural present)
yfirtakið (plural present second-person)
yfirtakask (infinitive)
yfirtakandisk (participle present)
yfirtekizk (participle past)
yfirtǫkumk (first-person indicative present singular)
yfirtókumk (first-person indicative past singular)
yfirtǫkumk (first-person present singular subjunctive)
yfirtœkumk (first-person past singular subjunctive)
yfirteksk (indicative present second-person singular)
yfirtókzk (indicative past second-person singular)
yfirtakisk (present second-person singular subjunctive)
yfirtœkisk (past second-person singular subjunctive)
yfirteksk (indicative present singular third-person)
yfirtóksk (indicative past singular third-person)
yfirtakisk (present singular subjunctive third-person)
yfirtœkisk (past singular subjunctive third-person)
yfirtǫkumsk (first-person indicative plural present)
yfirtókumsk (first-person indicative past plural)
yfirtakimsk (first-person plural present subjunctive)
yfirtœkimsk (first-person past plural subjunctive)
yfirtakizk (indicative plural present second-person)
yfirtókuzk (indicative past plural second-person)
yfirtakizk (plural present second-person subjunctive)
yfirtœkizk (past plural second-person subjunctive)
yfirtakask (indicative plural present third-person)
yfirtókusk (indicative past plural third-person)
yfirtakisk (plural present subjunctive third-person)
yfirtœkisk (past plural subjunctive third-person)
yfirtaksk (present second-person singular)
yfirtǫkumsk (first-person plural present)
yfirtakizk (plural present second-person)
taka yfir (alternative)

non-conj-blank-full

Conjugation of yfirtaka — active (strong􂀽 class 6)

Conjugation of yfirtaka — mediopassive (strong􂀽 class 6)


fylja

fylju (genitive)
fylja (indefinite nominative singular)
fyljan (definite nominative singular)
fyljur (indefinite nominative plural)
fyljurnar (definite nominative plural)
fylju (accusative indefinite singular)
fyljuna (accusative definite singular)
fyljur (accusative indefinite plural)
fyljurnar (accusative definite plural)
fylju (dative indefinite singular)
fyljunni (dative definite singular)
fyljum (dative indefinite plural)
fyljunum (dative definite plural)
fylju (genitive indefinite singular)
fyljunnar (definite genitive singular)
fylja (genitive indefinite plural)
fyljanna (definite genitive plural)
fyla (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

fylja

→ English: filly

Icelandic: fylja


myndir

second-person singular past active subjunctive of munu


vǫttr

non-noun

vǫttr m (genitive vattar, dative vetti, plural vettir)

vattar (genitive)
vetti (dative)
vettir (plural)
vǫttr (indefinite nominative singular)
vǫttrinn (definite nominative singular)
vettir (indefinite nominative plural)
vettirnir (definite nominative plural)
vǫtt (accusative indefinite singular)
vǫttinn (accusative definite singular)
vǫttu (accusative indefinite plural)
vǫttuna (accusative definite plural)
vetti (dative indefinite singular)
vettinum (dative definite singular)
vǫttum (dative indefinite plural)
vǫttunum (dative definite plural)
vattar (genitive indefinite singular)
vattarins (definite genitive singular)
vatta (genitive indefinite plural)
vattanna (definite genitive plural)
vǫntr (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

vǫttr

Icelandic: vöttur

Faroese: vøttur

Norwegian: vott; (dialectal) vott’e, vøtt

→ Danish: vott (used by Norwegian authors)

Norwegian Bokmål: vott

Jamtish: vott

Elfdalian: uott

Old Swedish: wante, vanter, vatter

Swedish: vante

desctree

Danish: vante
Norwegian Bokmål: vante
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: vante


strúz

non-noun

strúz m (genitive strúz, plural strúzar)

strúz (genitive)
strúzar (plural)
strúz (indefinite nominative singular)
strúzinn (definite nominative singular)
strúzar (indefinite nominative plural)
strúzarnir (definite nominative plural)
strúz (accusative indefinite singular)
strúzinn (accusative definite singular)
strúza (accusative indefinite plural)
strúzana (accusative definite plural)
strúzi (dative indefinite singular)
strúzinum (dative definite singular)
strúzum (dative indefinite plural)
strúzunum (dative definite plural)
strúz (genitive indefinite singular)
strúzins (definite genitive singular)
strúza (genitive indefinite plural)
strúzanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

strúz

Danish: struds

Faroese: strutsur

Icelandic: strútur

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: struts

Norwegian Nynorsk: struts

Swedish: struts

→ Finnish: strutsi

Borrowed from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn, “ostrich”).


snigil

accusative singular indefinite of snigill


staðar

strong feminine nominative/accusative plural of staðr


kvalar

inflection of kvǫl:
nominative/accusative plural


klatr

>? Norwegian Bokmål: kaltre


gingu

third-person plural past active indicative of ganga


gangi

third-person singular/plural subjunctive active of ganga


gingið

second-person plural past active subjunctive of ganga


gangandi

non-noun

gangandi m (genitive ganganda, plural gangendr)

ganganda (genitive)
gangendr (plural)
gangandi (indefinite nominative singular)
gangandinn (definite nominative singular)
gangendr (indefinite nominative plural)
gangendrnir (definite nominative plural)
ganganda (accusative indefinite singular)
gangandann (accusative definite singular)
gangendr (accusative indefinite plural)
gangendrna (accusative definite plural)
ganganda (dative indefinite singular)
gangandanum (dative definite singular)
gǫngundum (dative indefinite plural)
gǫngundunum (dative definite plural)
ganganda (genitive indefinite singular)
gangandans (definite genitive singular)
ganganda (genitive indefinite plural)
gangandanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

gangandi


gangið

second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive/imperative active of ganga


jalda

jǫldu (genitive)
jǫldur (plural)
jalda (indefinite nominative singular)
jaldan (definite nominative singular)
jǫldur (indefinite nominative plural)
jǫldurnar (definite nominative plural)
jǫldu (accusative indefinite singular)
jǫlduna (accusative definite singular)
jǫldur (accusative indefinite plural)
jǫldurnar (accusative definite plural)
jǫldu (dative indefinite singular)
jǫldunni (dative definite singular)
jǫldum (dative indefinite plural)
jǫldunum (dative definite plural)
jǫldu (genitive indefinite singular)
jǫldunnar (definite genitive singular)
jaldna (genitive indefinite plural)
jaldnanna (definite genitive plural)

jalda

English: jade, yaud

From a Uralic language; related to Northern Sami áldu, Erzya and Moksha эльде (elde).


heyrn

heyrn

heyrn (indefinite nominative singular)
heyrnin (definite nominative singular)
heyrnar (indefinite nominative plural)
heyrnarnar (definite nominative plural)
heyrn (accusative indefinite singular)
heyrnina (accusative definite singular)
heyrnar (accusative indefinite plural)
heyrnarnar (accusative definite plural)
heyrn (dative indefinite singular)
heyrninni (dative definite singular)
heyrnum (dative indefinite plural)
heyrnunum (dative definite plural)
heyrnar (genitive indefinite singular)
heyrnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
heyrna (genitive indefinite plural)
heyrnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *hauzīniz, from *hauzijaną. Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauseins) is a cognate.


kę́rr

non-adj

kę́rr (comparative kę́rari, superlative kę́rastr)

kę́rari (comparative)
kę́rastr (superlative)


Ymir

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Ymir

Ymir (indefinite nominative)
Ymi (accusative indefinite)
Ymi (dative indefinite)
Ymis (genitive indefinite)

From Proto-Germanic *jumjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ym̥H-yo-, from *yemH-, having an original sense of “twin”. Related to Latin Remus (“founder of Rome, slain by his twin”) and Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin; first man to die”).
Possibly derived from a word for “twin”, this name has been folk-etymologically connected to Old Norse ymja (“to groan, whine, wail, scream, make noise”) (cf. the homonym ymir (“hawk”, literally “groaner, screamer”)), as other names of jötnar are associated with sound-making.

m+

(Norse mythology) Ymir, the ancestor of the jǫtnar


jálmr

Norwegian Bokmål: jalm


smokkr

>? Icelandic: smokkur

Related to smjúga and cognate to smock, which see for some more information.

a smock, an apron-like overdress, a hangerock


finnskr

Danish: finsk

Faroese: finskur

Icelandic: finnskur

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: finsk

Norwegian Nynorsk: finsk

Swedish: finsk

Finnish (pertaining to Finland, its language or people)

Sami (pertaining to the Sami peoples, their languages or cultures)


margar

strong feminine nominative/accusative plural of margr


brenn

inflection of brenna (intransitive verb):

first-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative of brenna (transitive verb)


ꝉ

scribal abbreviation of vowel followed by l, as in vꝉ = vel (“well”), mꝉti = mælti (“spoke”), skꝉ = skal (“shall”)


spár

second-person singular present indicative active of spá

third-person singular present indicative active of spá


hamr

non-decl-blank-full

hamr

hamr (indefinite nominative singular)
hamrinn (definite nominative singular)
hamir (indefinite nominative plural)
hamirnir (definite nominative plural)
ham (accusative indefinite singular)
haminn (accusative definite singular)
hami (accusative indefinite plural)
hamina (accusative definite plural)
ham (dative indefinite singular)
haminum (dative definite singular)
hǫmum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫmunum (dative definite plural)
hams (genitive indefinite singular)
hamsins (definite genitive singular)
hama (genitive indefinite plural)
hamanna (definite genitive plural)

Danish: ham

Faroese: hamur

Icelandic: hamur

Norwegian Bokmål: ham

Norwegian Nynorsk: ham

Old Swedish: hamber, hampn

Swedish: hamn, ham, hamm

hleypa hǫmum

skipta hǫmum


setr

setr

setr (indefinite nominative singular)
setrit (definite nominative singular)
setr (indefinite nominative plural)
setrin (definite nominative plural)
setr (accusative indefinite singular)
setrit (accusative definite singular)
setr (accusative indefinite plural)
setrin (accusative definite plural)
setri (dative indefinite singular)
setrinu (dative definite singular)
setrum (dative indefinite plural)
setrunum (dative definite plural)
setrs (genitive indefinite singular)
setrsins (definite genitive singular)
setra (genitive indefinite plural)
setranna (definite genitive plural)
sætr (alternative)

Norwegian Bokmål: seter m or f

Norwegian Nynorsk: seter f

Old Swedish: sǣter

Swedish: säter

Danish: sæter

(in Norway) mountain pastures, dairy lands


setr

second/third-person singular present indicative active of setja


semdi

third-person active past subjunctive of sama

third-person active past subjunctive of semja


Þórshǫfn

Icelandic: Þórshöfn f

Faroese: Tórshavn f

Norwegian Nynorsk: Torshamn f

Swedish: Torshamn c

Danish: Thorshavn c

From Þórr (“Thor”) + -s- + hǫfn (“harbour, port”).

affix

Tórshavn (the capital of the Faroe Islands)


óðr

non-decl-blank-full

óðr

óðr (indefinite nominative singular)
óðrinn (definite nominative singular)
óðir (indefinite nominative plural)
óðirnir (definite nominative plural)
óð (accusative indefinite singular)
óðinn (accusative definite singular)
óðu (accusative indefinite plural)
óðuna (accusative definite plural)
óði (dative indefinite singular)
óðinum (dative definite singular)
óðum (dative indefinite plural)
óðunum (dative definite plural)
óðar (genitive indefinite singular)
óðarins (definite genitive singular)
óða (genitive indefinite plural)
óðanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: óður

From Proto-Germanic *wōþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-us, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).


óðr

Icelandic: óður

Faroese: óður

Norwegian Nynorsk: od

Old Swedish: oþer

Swedish: od (obsolete)

Middle English: oth, oothe

From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).


leira

non-decl-blank-full

leira

leira (indefinite nominative singular)
leiran (definite nominative singular)
leirur (indefinite nominative plural)
leirurnar (definite nominative plural)
leiru (accusative indefinite singular)
leiruna (accusative definite singular)
leirur (accusative indefinite plural)
leirurnar (accusative definite plural)
leiru (dative indefinite singular)
leirunni (dative definite singular)
leirum (dative indefinite plural)
leirunum (dative definite plural)
leiru (genitive indefinite singular)
leirunnar (definite genitive singular)
leirna (genitive indefinite plural)
leirnanna (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Nynorsk: leire

From Proto-Germanic *lai-zō, related to *līmaz (“glue, lime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) or *(s)ley-mo- (“slime”), with similar words including English loam, Latin limus, and German Leim (“paste, glue”).


varpi

third-person present subjunctive of varpa


selim

first-person plural present subjunctive of selja


hrǫnn

non-noun

hrǫnn f (genitive hrannar, plural hrannir)

hrannar (genitive)
hrannir (plural)
hrǫnn (indefinite nominative singular)
hrǫnnin (definite nominative singular)
hrannar (indefinite nominative plural)
hrannarnar (definite nominative plural)
hrǫnn (accusative indefinite singular)
hrǫnnina (accusative definite singular)
hrannar (accusative indefinite plural)
hrannarnar (accusative definite plural)
hrǫnn (dative indefinite singular)
hrǫnninni (dative definite singular)
hrǫnnum (dative indefinite plural)
hrǫnnunum (dative definite plural)
hrannar (genitive indefinite singular)
hrannarinnar (definite genitive singular)
hranna (genitive indefinite plural)
hrannanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hrǫnn

Icelandic: hrönn

From Proto-Germanic *hraznō (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kres- (“spring, wave”).


Ullr

Ullar (genitive)
Ullr (indefinite nominative)
Ull (accusative indefinite)
Ulli (dative indefinite)
Ullar (genitive indefinite)
Ullr (indefinite nominative)
Ull (accusative indefinite)
Ulli (dative indefinite)
Ulls (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Ullr

Ullr

Icelandic: Ullur

Norwegian Nynorsk: Ull

Norwegian Bokmål: Ull

→ Latin: Ollerus

From Proto-Germanic *wulþuz (“glory”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥tus (“appearance”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus, “glory”) and Latin vultus (“appearance, looks”).

Ullr heitir einn, sonr Sifjar, stúpsonr Þórs. Hann er bogmaðr svá góðr ok skíðfærr svá, at engi má við hann keppast. Hann er ok fagr álitum ok hefir hermanns atgervi. Á hann er ok gott at heita í einvígi.

Ullr one is called, the son of Sif, step-son of Þórr. He is an archer so good, and so fleet on skis, that no man may compete against him. He is also fair of countenance and has a warrior’s equipment. It is also good to call upon him in duels.


seiðr

non-decl-blank-full

seiðr

seiðr (indefinite nominative singular)
seiðrinn (definite nominative singular)
seiðar (indefinite nominative plural)
seiðarnir (definite nominative plural)
seið (accusative indefinite singular)
seiðinn (accusative definite singular)
seiða (accusative indefinite plural)
seiðana (accusative definite plural)
seiði (dative indefinite singular)
seiðinum (dative definite singular)
seiðum (dative indefinite plural)
seiðunum (dative definite plural)
seiðar (genitive indefinite singular)
seiðs (genitive indefinite singular)
seiz (genitive indefinite singular)
seiðarins (definite genitive singular)
seiðsins (definite genitive singular)
seizins (definite genitive singular)
seiða (genitive indefinite plural)
seiðanna (definite genitive plural)

Icelandic: seiður

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)

→ Swedish: sejd (learned)

→ Danish: sejd (learned)

Norwegian Bokmål: seid

→ Proto-Samic: *siejtē (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *soytós.

magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination


seiðr

Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði

Faroese: seiður

Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei

Russenorsk: сайка (sajka)

→ Swedish: sej

→ Danish: sej

Norwegian Bokmål: sei

→ Finnish: seiti, sei

→ English: saithe

→ Russian: сайда (sajda)

Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens#Translingual

coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens)


-tu

þú (alternative)
-du (alternative)
-ðu (alternative)

Haralds saga hins hárfagra 41.
Nú tóktu svá við sem várr konungr vildi.

Lokasenna 24.
En þik síða kóðu / Samseyju í / ok draptu á vétt sem vǫlur / vitka líki / fórtu verþjóð yfir / ok hugða ek þat args aðal

skalt (“shalt”) + þú → skaltu (“shalt thou”)

lát (“let (impr.)”) + þú → láttu (“let (impr.)”)


ganga af

From ganga + af. Compare Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (afgaggan, “to go away, depart”).


ganga á

to go or walk on, in
to pierce, penetrate


saltr

Icelandic: saltur

Faroese: saltur

Norwegian: salt (Bokmål), salt (Nynorsk)

Swedish: salt

Danish: salt


skjótr

Icelandic: skjótur

Faroese: skjótur


grǫftr

Icelandic: gröftur

Norwegian Nynorsk: grøft

Norwegian Bokmål: grøft

Old Danish: græft, grift, gruft

Danish: grøft


ᛘ

[…] trui engi ᛘ […]

c. 1270s, Hávamál verse 88 (Codex Regius)


slǿgr

Icelandic: slægur

Norwegian Nynorsk: sløg

Old Danish: sløw

Danish: sløv

Old Swedish: sløgher

Swedish: slög (obsolete)

→ Middle English: sley, sly

Scots: sley, sleye, sley

English: sly

From Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“able to strike; clever”).


telir

second-person singular present active subjunctive of telja


hǫfn

hafnar (genitive)
hafnir (plural)
hǫfn (indefinite nominative singular)
hǫfnin (definite nominative singular)
hafnar (indefinite nominative plural)
hafnarnar (definite nominative plural)
hǫfn (accusative indefinite singular)
hǫfnina (accusative definite singular)
hafnar (accusative indefinite plural)
hafnarnar (accusative definite plural)
hǫfn (dative indefinite singular)
hǫfninni (dative definite singular)
hǫfnum (dative indefinite plural)
hǫfnunum (dative definite plural)
hafnar (genitive indefinite singular)
hafnarinnar (definite genitive singular)
hafna (genitive indefinite plural)
hafnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hǫfn

Icelandic: höfn

Faroese: havn, høvn

Norwegian Nynorsk: hamn

Norwegian Bokmål: hamn

Old Swedish: hamn, hafn

Swedish: hamn

Danish: havn

Norwegian Bokmål: havn

desc

→ Latin: Hafnia (“Copenhagen”) (learned)

From Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”).


spakar

feminine nominative/accusative plural of spakr


maurr

maurs (genitive)
maurar (plural)
maurr (indefinite nominative singular)
maurrinn (definite nominative singular)
maurar (indefinite nominative plural)
maurarnir (definite nominative plural)
maur (accusative indefinite singular)
maurinn (accusative definite singular)
maura (accusative indefinite plural)
maurana (accusative definite plural)
mauri (dative indefinite singular)
maurinum (dative definite singular)
maurum (dative indefinite plural)
maurunum (dative definite plural)
maurs (genitive indefinite singular)
maursins (definite genitive singular)
maura (genitive indefinite plural)
mauranna (definite genitive plural)
*mýra (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

maurr

Danish: myre c

Norwegian Bokmål: myre m (riksmål)

Faroese: meyra f

Icelandic: maur m

Jamtish: mour

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: maur m

Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m

Old Swedish: mȳra m, *mør (in mørastakker)

Swedish: myra c

Westrobothnian: möur

→ Middle English: mowre

From Proto-Germanic *mauraz, *meurǭ, *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís.


tíðr

Icelandic: tíður

Norwegian Nynorsk: tid

From Proto-Germanic *tīdijaz (“frequent”).


skyldr

Icelandic: skyldur

From Proto-Germanic *skuldiz (“obliged”).


Mímir

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Mímir

Mímir (indefinite nominative)
Mími (accusative indefinite)
Mími (dative indefinite)
Mímis (genitive indefinite)
Mímr (alternative)

Icelandic: Mímir

Faroese: Mimir

Norwegian Nynorsk: Mime

Swedish: Mimer

Danish: Mimer

Uncertain; possibly related to Middle Low German mīmeren, mīmern, Dutch mijmeren and Old English māmrian.


bleika

inflection of bleikr:
strong feminine accusative singular

inflection of bleikr:
weak neuter singular

inflection of bleikr:
strong masculine accusative plural

inflection of bleikr:
weak masculine oblique singular

inflection of bleikr:
weak feminine oblique singular


trúr

Icelandic: trúr

Norwegian Nynorsk: tru

Norwegian Bokmål: tru, tro

From Proto-Germanic *trūwaz (“true, faithful, believing”). Akin to trú (“faith”).


skauti

non-noun

skauti m (genitive skauta, plural skautar)


skeptisk

weak second-person singular past subjunctive mediopassive of skepja

weak third-person singular/plural past subjunctive mediopassive of skepja


hvarf

first/third-person singular past active indicative of hverfa


kvel

first-person singular present indicative active of kvelja

second-person singular imperative active of kvelja


drukna

non-conj-blank-full

Conjugation of drukna — active (weak class 2)

Conjugation of drukna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

non-conj-table

drukna (infinitive)
druknandi (participle present)
druknaðr (participle past)
drukna (first-person indicative present singular)
druknaða (first-person indicative past singular)
drukna (first-person present singular subjunctive)
druknaða (first-person past singular subjunctive)
druknar (indicative present second-person singular)
druknaðir (indicative past second-person singular)
druknir (present second-person singular subjunctive)
druknaðir (past second-person singular subjunctive)
druknar (indicative present singular third-person)
druknaði (indicative past singular third-person)
drukni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
druknaði (past singular subjunctive third-person)
druknum (first-person indicative plural present)
druknuðum (first-person indicative past plural)
druknim (first-person plural present subjunctive)
druknaðim (first-person past plural subjunctive)
druknið (indicative plural present second-person)
druknuðuð (indicative past plural second-person)
druknið (plural present second-person subjunctive)
druknaðið (past plural second-person subjunctive)
drukna (indicative plural present third-person)
druknuðu (indicative past plural third-person)
drukni (plural present subjunctive third-person)
druknaði (past plural subjunctive third-person)
drukna (present second-person singular)
druknum (first-person plural present)
druknið (plural present second-person)
druknask (infinitive)
druknandisk (participle present)
druknazk (participle past)
druknumk (first-person indicative present singular)
druknuðumk (first-person indicative past singular)
druknumk (first-person present singular subjunctive)
druknuðumk (first-person past singular subjunctive)
druknask (indicative present second-person singular)
druknaðisk (indicative past second-person singular)
druknisk (present second-person singular subjunctive)
druknaðisk (past second-person singular subjunctive)
druknask (indicative present singular third-person)
druknaðisk (indicative past singular third-person)
druknisk (present singular subjunctive third-person)
druknaðisk (past singular subjunctive third-person)
druknumsk (first-person indicative plural present)
druknuðumsk (first-person indicative past plural)
druknimsk (first-person plural present subjunctive)
druknaðimsk (first-person past plural subjunctive)
druknizk (indicative plural present second-person)
druknuðuzk (indicative past plural second-person)
druknizk (plural present second-person subjunctive)
druknaðizk (past plural second-person subjunctive)
druknask (indicative plural present third-person)
druknuðusk (indicative past plural third-person)
druknisk (plural present subjunctive third-person)
druknaðisk (past plural subjunctive third-person)
druknask (present second-person singular)
druknumsk (first-person plural present)
druknizk (plural present second-person)
drukkna (alternative)

Icelandic: drukkna

Norwegian Nynorsk: drukna

Danish: drukne

Norwegian Bokmål: drukne


drukna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of drukkinn:
strong feminine accusative singular

inflection of drukkinn:
strong masculine accusative plural

inflection of drukkinn:
weak masculine oblique singular

inflection of drukkinn:
weak feminine nominative singular

inflection of drukkinn:
weak neuter singular


at kveldi skal dag leyfa

At (“at”) + kveldi (“the evening, the quelling (of day)”) + skal (“shall”) + dag (“day”) + leyfa (“be praised”).

don't assume something will go well until it has gone well; don't count your chickens before they hatch


þykkja

non-conj-blank-full

Conjugation of þykkja — active (weak class 1)

Conjugation of þykkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

non-conj-table

þykkja (infinitive)
þykkjandi (participle present)
þóttr (participle past)
þykki (first-person indicative present singular)
þótta (first-person indicative past singular)
þykkja (first-person present singular subjunctive)
þótta (first-person past singular subjunctive)
þykkir (indicative present second-person singular)
þóttir (indicative past second-person singular)
þykkir (present second-person singular subjunctive)
þóttir (past second-person singular subjunctive)
þykkir (indicative present singular third-person)
þótti (indicative past singular third-person)
þykki (present singular subjunctive third-person)
þótti (past singular subjunctive third-person)
þykkjum (first-person indicative plural present)
þóttum (first-person indicative past plural)
þykkim (first-person plural present subjunctive)
þóttim (first-person past plural subjunctive)
þykkið (indicative plural present second-person)
þóttuð (indicative past plural second-person)
þykkið (plural present second-person subjunctive)
þóttið (past plural second-person subjunctive)
þykkja (indicative plural present third-person)
þóttu (indicative past plural third-person)
þykki (plural present subjunctive third-person)
þótti (past plural subjunctive third-person)
þykk (present second-person singular)
þykki (present second-person singular)
þykkjum (first-person plural present)
þykkið (plural present second-person)
þykkjask (infinitive)
þykkjandisk (participle present)
þykkzk (participle past)
þykkjumk (first-person indicative present singular)
þóttumk (first-person indicative past singular)
þykkjumk (first-person present singular subjunctive)
þóttumk (first-person past singular subjunctive)
þykkisk (indicative present second-person singular)
þóttisk (indicative past second-person singular)
þykkisk (present second-person singular subjunctive)
þóttisk (past second-person singular subjunctive)
þykkisk (indicative present singular third-person)
þóttisk (indicative past singular third-person)
þykkisk (present singular subjunctive third-person)
þóttisk (past singular subjunctive third-person)
þykkjumsk (first-person indicative plural present)
þóttumsk (first-person indicative past plural)
þykkimsk (first-person plural present subjunctive)
þóttimsk (first-person past plural subjunctive)
þykkizk (indicative plural present second-person)
þóttuzk (indicative past plural second-person)
þykkizk (plural present second-person subjunctive)
þóttizk (past plural second-person subjunctive)
þykkjask (indicative plural present third-person)
þóttusk (indicative past plural third-person)
þykkisk (plural present subjunctive third-person)
þóttisk (past plural subjunctive third-person)
þykksk (present second-person singular)
þykkisk (present second-person singular)
þykkjumsk (first-person plural present)
þykkizk (plural present second-person)

Icelandic: þykja

Faroese: samtykkja (only in compounds)

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: tykkja; (dialectal) tykja, tøkja, tikja, tekje

Jamtish: tykkje

Swedish: tycka

Danish: tykkes

From Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”).

inh

to be thought to be, seem to be, be esteemed or reckoned as

c. 1200, Sólarljóð, Stanza 35, edition by Sophus Bugge
Glaðr at mörgu
þótta ek gumnum vera,
þvíat ek vissa fátt fyrir;
Merry at much
to men I seemed to be

it seems to one, one thinks [with dative]

(reflexive) to seem to oneself, think oneself, think


þykkja

þykkju (genitive)
þykkja (indefinite nominative singular)
þykkjan (definite nominative singular)
þykkjur (indefinite nominative plural)
þykkjurnar (definite nominative plural)
þykkju (accusative indefinite singular)
þykkjuna (accusative definite singular)
þykkjur (accusative indefinite plural)
þykkjurnar (accusative definite plural)
þykkju (dative indefinite singular)
þykkjunni (dative definite singular)
þykkjum (dative indefinite plural)
þykkjunum (dative definite plural)
þykkju (genitive indefinite singular)
þykkjunnar (definite genitive singular)
þykkna (genitive indefinite plural)
þykknanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

þykkja

Swedish: tycke, tycko


ván

vánar (genitive)
vánir (plural)
ván (indefinite nominative singular)
vánin (definite nominative singular)
vánir (indefinite nominative plural)
vánirnar (definite nominative plural)
ván (accusative indefinite singular)
vánina (accusative definite singular)
vánir (accusative indefinite plural)
vánirnar (accusative definite plural)
ván (dative indefinite singular)
váninni (dative definite singular)
vánum (dative indefinite plural)
vánunum (dative definite plural)
vánar (genitive indefinite singular)
vánarinnar (definite genitive singular)
vána (genitive indefinite plural)
vánanna (definite genitive plural)
vǫ́n (alternative)
vón (alternative)
ón (alternative)

ván

Icelandic: von

Faroese: vón

Norwegian: von

Old Swedish: vān

Swedish: vån

Old Danish: wān

→ Middle English: iwon, wane, wone

English: wone


Yggdrasill

→ Icelandic: Yggdrasill

→ Faroese: Yggdrasil

desc

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Yggdrasil, Yggdrasel

→ Swedish: Yggdrasil

→ Danish: Yggdrasil

Yggr (“the terrifying one; Odin”) + drasill (“steed”), where “steed” is a poetic expression for gallows, referring to the story of Odin hanging himself on the tree for nine nights.

af

an unclear word, only occurring in the genitive in a fixed expression


gjalla

inflection of gjallr:
strong feminine accusative singular

inflection of gjallr:
strong masculine accusative plural

inflection of gjallr:
weak masculine oblique singular

inflection of gjallr:
weak feminine nominative singular

inflection of gjallr:
weak neuter singular


ǫr

ǫrvar (genitive)
ǫrvar (plural)
ǫr (indefinite nominative singular)
ǫrin (definite nominative singular)
ǫrvar (indefinite nominative plural)
ǫrvarnar (definite nominative plural)
ǫr (accusative indefinite singular)
ǫrina (accusative definite singular)
ǫrvar (accusative indefinite plural)
ǫrvarnar (accusative definite plural)
ǫr (dative indefinite singular)
ǫru (dative indefinite singular)
ǫrinni (dative definite singular)
ǫrunni (dative definite singular)
ǫrum (dative indefinite plural)
ǫrunum (dative definite plural)
ǫrvar (genitive indefinite singular)
ǫrvarinnar (definite genitive singular)
ǫrva (genitive indefinite plural)
ǫrvanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

ǫr

Icelandic: ör

Faroese: ørv f, ørvur m

Old Swedish: arf

q

→ Swedish: Orvar (borrowed from Old West Norse as personal name)

From Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo-.


ǫr

positive degree strong feminine nominative singular

positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural


Ǫ

O caudata, the 22nd letter of the Old Norse alphabet


purka

purku (genitive)
purkur (plural)
purka (indefinite nominative singular)
purkan (definite nominative singular)
purkur (indefinite nominative plural)
purkurnar (definite nominative plural)
purku (accusative indefinite singular)
purkuna (accusative definite singular)
purkur (accusative indefinite plural)
purkurnar (accusative definite plural)
purku (dative indefinite singular)
purkunni (dative definite singular)
purkum (dative indefinite plural)
purkunum (dative definite plural)
purku (genitive indefinite singular)
purkunnar (definite genitive singular)
purkna (genitive indefinite plural)
purknanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

purka

Norwegian Nynorsk: purke

desctree

Norwegian Bokmål: purke
→ Greenlandic: puuluki

Via Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).


góð

inflection of góðr:
strong feminine nominative singular

strong neuter nominative/accusative plural


hvassari

comparative degree masculine nominative singular

inflection of hvass:
comparative degree feminine singular

comparative degree nominative/accusative/genitive plural


þjófr

þjófs (genitive)
þjófar (plural)
þjófr (indefinite nominative singular)
þjófrinn (definite nominative singular)
þjófar (indefinite nominative plural)
þjófarnir (definite nominative plural)
þjóf (accusative indefinite singular)
þjófinn (accusative definite singular)
þjófa (accusative indefinite plural)
þjófana (accusative definite plural)
þjófi (dative indefinite singular)
þjófinum (dative definite singular)
þjófum (dative indefinite plural)
þjófunum (dative definite plural)
þjófs (genitive indefinite singular)
þjófsins (definite genitive singular)
þjófa (genitive indefinite plural)
þjófanna (definite genitive plural)
*þiūβʀ (alternative)

non-decl-blank-full

þjófr

Icelandic: þjófur

Faroese: tjóvur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: tjov, tjuv; (dialectal) tjóv’e, tju, tjyv

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tjuv

Elfdalian: tjuov

Old Swedish: þiūver

Swedish: tjuv, tjuf, tiuf

Old Danish: thiūf, (Scanian) þiufær

Danish: tyv

Norwegian Bokmål: tyv

Scanian: tjúv

Old Gutnish: þiaufr

Gutnish: töiv

From Proto-Norse *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ) (attested in ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (mariþeubaʀ)), from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.