Old Norse
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- mannska dh i
-
manslaughter
(a man-scathing) - mengi
-
multitude
cognate= many - vinsaeld
- popularity
- fen
- a bog or fen
- fella
- to slay, to fell
- koma
- to come about
- annask
- to take care of
- hondla
- to hand-lay: to lay hands on
- dun dh i
- to whir, to make a din
- men
-
necklace
(think of Brisingamen, Freya's necklace) - mennt
- accomplishment
- vinvi dh r
-
grape vine
(wood-vine) - hundr
-
hound, dog
cognate= hound - fena dh r
- cattle
- soma
- to beseem
- sveipa
- to swipe, to swing
- glymja
- to resound
- ganga
- to take place
- flotnar
- seafarers
- snotr
- wise
- stofa
- sitting-room
- trog
- trough
- skokkr
- box, receptacle
- kanna
- to explore
- pina
- to mortify
- kunna
-
to know how to
(related to 'ken', 'know') - raena
- to deprive of
- minka
- to be diminished
- soemd
- honor
- ybogi
- yew-bow
- brottkva dh ning
- dismissal
- tros
- droppings
- hrosskjot
- horse-flesh
- opnask
-
to be opened
(note the 'sk' of the passive) - banna
- to ban, to prohibit
- rena
-
to dwindle
(related to raena, 'to be diminished') - vanta
- to want, to be lacking
- sporna
- to spurn
- frodleikr
-
lore
(all things Frodo=lore) - forsja
- patronage
- bjorker
-
beer-goblet
(Bjork must be a big beer drinker) - rjodhr
- clearing
- skogarmadhr
-
outlaw
a man who is skeggi - glotta
- to grin
- vinda
- to wind, to twist
- njota
- to have the use of
- hrokkva
- to fall back
- gipta
-
good luck
giptamadhr=man with good luck,
lucky man - stodhhross
- stud-horse
- osomi
- ignominy
-
troda
(accented o) - pole
- skorta
-
to be lacking
cognate=short - rjodha
- to make red, to redden
- kippa
- to jerk
- vapna
-
to arm, to give weapons
(weapon=vapn) - froedi
-
lore
(all things Frodo = lore) - samnadhr
-
host
(saman=together. A host brings people together) - spolr
- rail
- kopuryrdhi
- boasting
- hrista
-
to shake
(think "shake your wrist") - sortna
- to grow dark
- horfa
- to gaze
- straa, stra
-
to strew
Think 'strewing the benches' in the description of the Greenland Prophetess
cognate=strew - foera
- to smite
- ofoera
-
peril
(to not strike is obviously perilous) - sopi
- mouthful
- kapp
- ardor, eagerness
- ript
- clothes
- myrkva
-
to get dark
cognate= murky, dark - forvitnask
-
to find out
Note the root 'vit', for 'know' - fremja
- to perform
- syrgja
-
to sorrow
Sound it out: syrgja and sorrow are cognates - happ
-
good luck
Mayhap, perhaps - ferd
- dealings
- eir
-
bronze
(aer, the Latin word for bronze, comes from the same IE root) - eyrr
- spit, peninsula, shoal, sandbank
- mannbodh
- feast
- kaera
- to lay a charge against
- vardha
- to guard against
- herja
-
to harry
Sound it out: herja and harry are cognates - berja
- to smite
- verja
- to invest
- lypting
- poop-deck
- vorn
-
defence
Note 'vardha'= to guard against - myrr
- mire, bog
- vara
- to become spring
- herdha
- to clench
- hirdha
- to mind
- verdha
- to take place, to happen
- vardhi
- cairn
- formali
- formula
- orka
-
strength
Think "the strength of a killer whale" - fortulur
- exhortations
- ymr
- groaning
- tun
- dwelling
- styra
- to swing
- skridha
-
landslide
cognate=skree - morna
- to waste away
- elska
- to be fond of, to love
- risa
-
to get up, to rise
cognate=rise - maerdh
- encomium
- leidh
- journey
- nar
-
corpse
(Zombies say "naaaaaarrrrr") - nari
- groin
- virdha
- to estimate
- ofsa
- to exaggerate
- kosta
- to put forth effort
- lasta
- to speak ill of
- boer
-
farmstead
Note the bu, boe root, 'farm' - kyll
- bag
- strengr
- scroll
- oaran
-
dearth
o+aran = not an abundance, thus, a lack - thurs
- ogre, giant
- losna
- to become loose, loosen
- laesna
- to shut up
- natta
- to become night
- nyta
- to avail
- geta
- to be able to
- horr
-
bow-string
Thing of Gunnar in Njal's saga, breaking his horr - ithrott
-
accopmlishment
Like mennt - thurdhr
- dominution
- odrengskapr
- meanness
- for
-
journeying
Noun from the root 'far', 'go' - lysa
- to illuminate, to light
- moeta
- to deal with
- boeta
- to compensate
- jata
- to agree to
- saeta
- to signify
- jarl
-
earl
Sound it out; jarl and earl are cognates - jarmr
- screaming
- jarnsmidhr
- iron-smith
- Jorsalafarar
-
crusaders
Those who go to Jerusalem - gardhr
- fence, enclosure
- saetta
- to reconcile
- rata
- to fall down
- gaeta
- to take care of
- setja
- to seat, to sit
- litask
-
to look about
NB middle voice - kostr
- condition, choice, option
- jarnleikr
- battle
- ofriki
- tyrrany
- aedhra
- dispair
- dyrr
- door, doorway
- elta
- to caste down
- retta
- to atone for
- letja
- to dissuade
- lita
- take into consideration
- luta
- to pay reverence to
- firar
- men
- dyrvordhr
-
door-keeper
Literall, 'door-guarder' - orrosta
- battle
- hitta
- to come to
- matbua
-
to prepare food
Mat=meal - vita
- to know of
- thrumdhi
- to welter
- karl
- common man, churl
- kerling
- old woman
- stadhr
- way
- darradhr
- spear
- matask
-
to eat a meal
NB Middle voice. Literally, 'to meal oneself" - meta
- to estimate
- ihuga
- to try to decide
- kaupa
-
to make a bargain
Kaupman=bargainer, salesman, merchant - fjuka
- to fly off
- soeri
- oaths
- gron
- beak
- torf
-
turf
Cognates - farmadhr
- trader
- troll
- troll
- rjuka
-
to reek
Sound it out: rjuka and reek are cognates - drupa
- to droop
- spyrja
- to find out by asking, to ask, to learn
- thrymja
- to welter
- teygja
- to entice
- far
- deeds
- farbjodhr
- destroyer
- kyrtill
- kirtle
- gord
- making
- umradh
- patronage
- ljuga
- to tell a lie
- flytja
- to plead a case
- spyrna
- to kick
- geyja
- to revile
- heyra
-
to hear of
Heyra and hear are cognates - umroedha
-
talk
roedha often means 'talk' or 'gossip'
um + roedha = talk about - hardraedhi
- hardihood
- brokun
- clashing
- heradh
- district
- vardhveizla
- keeping
- herbergi
- lodgings, quarters
- herr
- great number
- varnadhr
- goods
- herklaedhi
- armor
- riki
- power
- lerept
-
clothes
ript=clothing - vardhmadhr
-
watcher
Lieterally, 'guard-man' - nest
- provisions
- herdhar
- shoulders
- varningr
-
wares
Note: 'var' and 'ware' are cognates - herlidh
- war-force
- hervapn
- weapons, battle-weapons
- heror
- war-arrow
- hirdhmadhr
- retainer
- bergrisi
-
hill-giant
berg=hill
ris = giant - berserkr
- berserk
- verkmadhr
-
laborer
Literally, 'work-man' - hordomr
- adultery
- skreppa
- scrip
- merki
- boundary
- virki
- stronghold
- hirdhir
-
herdsman
Glam was a hirdhir, herder, before his death - hirzla
- keeping
- laerleggr
-
thigh-bone
leg-bone - bordh
-
rim, border
cognate=border - borg
-
stronghold
Like virki - horn
- drinking-horn
- kunnandi
-
knowledge
Litterally, 'knowing' - virdhar
- men
- hurdharflaki
- hurdle
- njosn
- news
- foss
- waterfall
- hugr
- spirit, heart, mind
- fostri
- foster-son
- hjorr
- sword
- new
- headland
- nos
- nostril
- skati
- leader
- ass
- pole, beam
- austmadhr
-
Easterner
Literally, east-man - fostbrodhir
- foster-brother
- fostra
- foster-mother
- austervegr
-
the east
Literally, "east-way" - vegr
- glory
- gisting
- night-lodgings
- oss
- estuary
- of
- pride
- risna
- liberality
- skosveinn
-
servant
NB sveinn=boy - haseti
- oarsman
- hestr
- stallion
- hosti
- cough
- spor
- wound
- visindakona
- prophetess