Dictionary
A
Á
Æ
B
bræð
m. /brɛð/
See bróð
bróð
m. /brɔð/
- brother, plural bræð
Re-analysis of bródir decomposed into bróð + -ir by popular etymology. Same goes for its former plural bræðir which got re-analyzed into bræð + -ir.
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nom. | bróðr | bræðr |
Acc. | bróð | bræð |
Gen. | bróðir | bræðir |
Dat. | bróð | bræðum |
bók
f. /bɔk/
- book, plural bøk
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nom. | bókr | bøkr |
Acc. | bók | bøk |
Gen. | bókar | bøkar |
Dat. | bók | bøkum |
bøk
f. /bøk/
See bók
C
D
djúp
adj. /dʒop/
- deep
- profound (figuratively)
djúpligr
adv. /dʒopliɡr̩/
- deeply
dóttir
f. /dɔʧir/, plural dœtr /dœtr̩/
- daughter
Đ
E
edda
f. /ed/
- great grandmother
- female ancestor, beyond the grandmother
Eittland
n. /ɑɪʔlɑnd/
- (n) High Kingdom of Eittland, island of Eittland
É
F
feð
m. /feð/
See føð
fé
n. /fɛ/
- wealth
From Old Norse fé.
Singular | Plural | |
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Nom. | fé | fé |
Acc. | fé | fé |
Gen. | fés | fés |
Dat. | fé | férum |
fisk
m. /fiʃk/
- fish
From Old Norse fiskr.
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nom. | fiskr | fiskr |
Acc. | fisk | fisk |
Gen. | fiskar | fiskar |
Dat. | fisk | fiskum |
føð
m. /føð/
father, plural feð
From Old Norse fødir and feðir which got re-analyzed as føð appended with a grammatical -ir (which later got reduced to a -r).
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nom. | føðr | feðr |
Acc. | føð | feð |
Gen. | føðar | feðar |
Dat. | føð | feðum |
G
gauð
n. /jɔʊð/
- a barking
- a quarrel
gegn
adv. /jeɡn̩/
- against, opposing
gjøf
f. /jøv/
- gift, present
H
heilsa
f. /hɑɪls/
- health
hjól
n. /çɔl/
- wheel
hlóð
n. /l̥ɔð/
- hearth
- living room
hneisa
f. /n̥ɑɪs/
- shame, disgrace
- social isolation
hneising
n. /n̥ɑɪsinɡ/
- hermit
- (modern) shut-in, hikikomori
hnjósa
v. /ɲ̥ɔs/
- to sneeze
hrifs
n. /r̥ivs/
- assault, mugging
hvat
adv. /ʍɑt/
- what
hví
adv. /ʍe/
- why
I
Í
J
K
kaup
n. /kɔp/
- commerce
- bargain, barter
L
M
N
noregsúlf
m. /norejsolv/
wolf, litt. Norway’s wolf.
Wolves do not naturally live in Eittland. Their only relatives introduced to the island were dogs and wolf-dogs, and the latter inherited the simpler úlfr term. Noun composed by Old Norse noregs (genitive of Noregr, Norway) and úlfr.
O
Ó
óglaðr
adj. /ɔɡʲɑðr̩/
- very sad, depressed, miserable
Ø
Œ
Œgir
m. /œjir/
- A mythical beast residing in the forests of the western
Eittlandic fjords.
P
pengvin
n. /peŋβin/
- penguin
From English penguin
Q
R
S
sitja
v. /sitʃ/
- to sit
- to represent (politics)
sjá
v. /ʃɛ/
- to see
- to understand
skilja
v. /ʃkiʎ/
- to differenciate
- to segregate, to separate
- to understand a difference
snjór
m. /sɲɔr/
- snow
styrsamhald
n. /ʃtyrsamhald/
- military batallion
- mitilary unit, group
From Old Norse styrr (stir, battle) and samhald (a holding together, unity).
T
Þ
U
uppá
prep. /upɸə/
- upon
Ú
úlf
m. /olv/
- wolf-dog. See also noregsúlfr.
V
veisheit
f. /βɑɪshɑɪt/
- knowledge or wisdom. From German Weisheit. See also vizka
viska
f. /βiʃk/
- practical knowledge or wisdom, acquired from experience
See veisheit for a more general term for wisdow