English–Old Norse Dictionary - York University

1 English Old NorseDictionarycompiled byRoss G. ArthurIn parentheses PublicationsLinguistics SeriesCambridge, Ontario 2002 How to use this bookYou could, of course, print it and then consult it just asyou would consult any other dictionaryIt might be more useful to you, however, to keep it as anelectronic reference toolFor one thing, you'll find that it serves also as anOld Norse to English you are now viewing this document within your Browser,I d advise you to save it and examine it it s now saved on your computer,try using Acrobat s Find feature,with the Match Case option turned ve created a special fontto make it simpler to search for Old NorseTo search for a vowel with an accent,just type that vowel and then a slash /To search for a hooked o (o,) just type o and then a commaTo search for type a and then search for type o and then search for T type search for D type you find errors, please let me kunnustaability ma/ttrability meginabode hamrabode sjo,tabove yfirabroad u/tanlandsabundance gno/ttabundant no/graccompany (v) fylgjaaccomplish (v) fremjaaccomplish (v) innaaccomplish (v) vinnaaccomplished mannaDHraccomplishment i/THro/tt1accomplishment menntaccomplishments kunnandiaccount so,gnaccount talaaccuse (v) kAEraaccustom (v) vandiaccustom (v) venjaaccustomed vanracorn akarnacquaintance kunningiacross yfiract (v) breytaaction so,kadd (v)

2 Aukaadhere (v) tollaadorn (v) setjaadultery ho/rdo/mradvance framgangaadvance (v) sOEkjaadvance (v) stefnaadvantage bati2advantage gagnadversary andskotiadvice ra/DHadvisable ra/DHligradvise (v) ra/DHaaffairs hagraffection a/staffection a/stiraffection elskaaffection geDHaffinity sifjaraffirm (v) sannaaffliction beygjaaffliction hrellingafraid hrAEddraft aptrafterwards si/DHanagain endragain optarage AEviage aldr3agree to (v) ja/taagreeable geDHjaDHragreeable skapfeldragreement ra/DHahead framaraid afliaid forsja/aid fulltingaid liDHale munga/tale_cask o,lkeralive kvikralive kykralive li/fsall allrallot (v) skafaallow (v) lofaallow (v) unnaalmost na/ligaaloft loptalone einn4along eptiraloud ha/ttalternative kostralthough THaralways a/valtalways AEalways jafnanambitious metnaDHargjarnambitious sto/rra/DHramong miDHliamount to (v) skiptaamuse (v)

3 Skemtaamusement skemtunamusing skemtiligranchor akkeriancient fornand eDHaanger reiDHiangry reiDHranimal dy/ranimal gripr5animals kykvendiannoyance mo/tg rDHannoyance skapraunanother annarranswer svaranswer (v) svaraant maurranvil steDHianxiety a/hyggjaanxious anntany einnhverrappear (v) li/taappearance yfirbragDHapplause ro/mrappoint (v) skapaapproach (v) na/lgaskarbitration g rDHarch kengrardor kappargue (v) THrAEtaarm handleggr6arm (v) va/pnaarmor herklAEDH iarmy herliDHarmy herrarrange (v) ha/ttaarrange (v) hagaarrange (v) ra/DHaarrange (v) stillaarrangement tilskipanarray (v) bu/aarray (v) skipaarrival kva/maarrive (v) komaarrow o,rart listart menntartifice ve/lartificer smiDHrartist fAEgirascertained vitaDHrash askr7ashes askaask (v) beiDHaask (v) biDHjaask (v) fre/ttaask (v) fregnaask (v) krefjaaspect a/litassault atgangaassault barsmiDHassembly THingassembly_district THingha/assembly_field THingvo,llrassist (v) beinaassistance styrkrassistance umsyslaastray villtrasunder sundrat yfirathwart THverratone for (v)

4 Re/ttaatonement bo/t8attack atlagaattack atso/knattack hri/DHattack so/knattack (v) sOEkjaattention gaumrauthority mannaforra/DHauthority ra/DHauthority ri/kiautumn haustavail (v) nytaavail (v) tja/avenge (v) hefnaavenge (v) rekaawait (v) biDHaaware varraway brottaxe xback aptrback hryggrbackwards o,fugr9bacon fleskbad illrbad va/ndrbadly illabag baggibag belgrbag fatbag kyllbailiff brytibake (v) bakabald kollo/ttrball kno,ttrband fetillband liDHbank bakkibanner merkibanner ve/banquet veizlabaptism ski/rnbaptize (v) ski/rabar spo,lr10bare berrbargain kaupbarley_barn bygghlaDHabarn hlaDHabarren gOEDH alaussbarren o/frAErbath laugbathe (v) laugabattle bardagibattle do/lgbattle dolgbattle eggTHrimabattle eggtogbattle ja/rnleikrbattle malmhri/DHbattle orrostabattle vi/gbattlefield vAEttfangbay va/grbe able to (v) getabe able to (v) mega11be astonished at(v) undraskbe awake (v) vakabe diminished (v) minkabe fond of (v) elskabe glad (v)

5 Fagnabe lacking (v) skortabe lacking (v) vantabe moved (v) bifaskbe obliged to (v) hljo/tabe opened (v) opnaskbe pacified (v) sefaskbe silent (v) THegjabe slain (v) fallabe softened (v) mykjaskbe willing (v) viljabeach fjarabeach stro,ndbeak gro,nbeam a/ssbeam tre/beam viDHr12bear bjarndy/rbear bjo,rnbear (v) berabeard gro,nbeard skeggbearded skeggjaDHrbeast dy/rbeautiful fagrbeautiful vAEnnbeautifully fagrligabecause si/DHanbecome (v) gerabecome (v) g rabecome (v) so/mabecome (v) verDHabecome cowardly (v) ergjaskbecome loose (v) losnabecome night (v) na/ttabecome spring (v) va/rabecome white (v) hvi/tnabecoming sOEmiligr13bed beDHrbed hvi/labed rekkjabed sAEngbed_closet lokrekkjabee by/beer bjo/rrbeer o,lbeer_goblet bjo/rkerbefall (v) hOEfabefit (v) samabeget (v) aflAEbeggar stafkarlbeginning fyrstabeginning upphafbehavior atferDHbehead (v) ho,ggvabelief a/trunaDHrbelieve (v) hyggjabelieve (v) tru/abell bjalla14bellow (v) gjallabelly kviDHrbeloved sva/ssbench bekkrbend kengrbend (v) beygjabend (v) lu/tabend (v) sveigjabenefactor styrktarmaDHrbenefit beinibenefit gottberserk berserkrbeseem (v)

6 So/mabeside hja/beside viDHbesom li/mibetray (v) svi/kjabetter betribetween meDHalbetween miDHlibewildered villhyggjandi15beyond u/tanbig mikillbigger meiribillow bylgjabind (v) bindabirch bjarkanbird fuglbirth burDHrbishop biskupbitch bikkjabite (v) bitabiting bitrbits molibitter herfiligrblack bla/rblack blakkrblack svartrblade brandrblame a/mAEliblame (v) lastablasphemy goDHga/16blaze (v) logablind blindrblood blo/DHblood dreyribloody blo/DHugrblood_stained dreyrugrblow ho,ggblow skellrblow svipanblow (v) bla/sablue bla/rboard borDHboasting ko,puryrDHiboat ba/trboat skipbody li/kamibog fenbog myrrboil kaunboil kveisaboil (v) sjo/DHa17boil (v) vellaboldly djarfligabond bandbondwoman amba/ttbondwoman ambo/ttbone beinbook bo/kbooth bu/DHbooty herfangborder skautboth ba/DHirboth hva/rrbottom grunnrboundary merkibow almrbow bogibow (v)

7 Lu/tabow_string bogastrengrbow_string ho,rrbox kistabox skokkr18boy sveinbarnboy sveinnboy sveinstaulibrain heilibranch kvistrbranch li/mibrand brandrbrass mersingbrave bitrbrave frOEknbrave go/DHrbrave hraustrbrave snjallrbrave vaskrbravely frOEknligabravely hraustligabread brauDHbread_making brauDHgo,rDHbreak (v) brestabreak (v) brjo/tabreak (v) brotna19break (v) lemjabreak (v) sli/tabreak (v) slitnabreak into (v) brjo/tabreast brjo/stbreast fangbreast munstro,ndbreath o,ndbreath rindibride bru/DHrbridge bru/bridle beizlbridle taumrbright bjartrbright heiDHrbright ljo/ssbring to an end (v) endabroad breiDHrbronze eirbrook lOEkrbrother bro/DHir20brother_in_law ma/grbuck bokkibucket byttabuild (v) smi/DHabuilding g rDHbuilding smi/DHbuilt go,rrbull griDHungrbunch ko,ngullburn (v) brennaburn (v) svi/DHaburning brennaburst (v) brestabury (v) heygjabusiness syslabut eDHabutton (v) kneppabuy (v)

8 Kaupacairn varDHacairn varDHicalf ka/lfr21call (v) heitacall (v) kallacall up (v) kveDHjacalm logncalumny illmAElicanoe keiprcanopy tjaldcapable g rviligrcapture (v) handtakacapture (v) takacare a/hyggjacare forsja/care umsja/care (v) hirDHacarefully skynsamligacarefully vandligacarelessly o/vendiligacargo farmrcargo varningrcarry (v) beracarter vagnkarl22carve (v) ho,ggvacase ma/lcast (v) gjo/tacast (v) kastacast down (v) eltacast lots (v) hlutacastle kastalicat ko,ttrcatch fangcatch (v) hreppacattle fe/naDHrcauldron ketillcause ma/lcause re/ttrcause so,kcause (v) valdacave hellircease (v) hAEttacease (v) le/ttacelebration a/gAEticertain vi/ss23challenge (v) bjo/DHachampion kappichance kostrchange skipanchange umskiptichange (v) skiptachange (v) verDHachangeable hverfrcharacter hagrcharacter lundcharacter skapleikrcharcoal kolcharge so,kchariot reiDHcharm forma/licharms taufrchatter (v) hjalachatter (v)

9 Klakacheek kinncheerful reifrchest kista24chief hilmirchief ho,fDHingichieftain yfirmaDHrchild barnchildhood barnOEskachoice kostrchoose (v) kjo/sachurch kirkjachurl karlcircle hringrclaim tilkallclash gnyrclash hlo,kkclash hnitclash so,ngrclashing bro,kunclashing gnatclasp (v) spennaclear auDHsy/nnclear bry/nnclear gl ggr25clear heiDH