Dictionary

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Æ

B

bræð

m. /brɛð/

See bróð

bróð

m. /brɔð/

1. 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/

1. 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/

1. deep
2. profound (figuratively)

djúpligr

adv. /dʒopliɡr̩/

1. deeply

dóttir

f. /dɔʧir/, plural dœtr /dœtr̩/

1. daughter

Đ

E

edda

f. /ed/

1. great grandmother
2. female ancestor, beyond the grandmother

Eittland

n. /ɑɪʔlɑnd/

1. (n) High Kingdom of Eittland, island of Eittland

É

F

feð

m. /feð/

See føð

fé

n. /fɛ/

1. wealth

From Old Norse fé.

	Singular	Plural
Nom.	fé	fé
Acc.	fé	fé
Gen.	fés	fés
Dat.	fé	férum

fisk

m. /fiʃk/

1. fish

From Old Norse fiskr.

	Singular	Plural
Nom.	fiskr	fiskr
Acc.	fisk	fisk
Gen.	fiskar	fiskar
Dat.	fisk	fiskum

føð

m. /føð/

1. 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/

1. a barking
2. a quarrel

gegn

adv. /jeɡn̩/

1. against, opposing

gjøf

f. /jøv/

1. gift, present

H

heilsa

f. /hɑɪls/

1. health

hjól

n. /çɔl/

1. wheel

hlóð

n. /l̥ɔð/

1. hearth
2. living room

hneisa

f. /n̥ɑɪs/

1. shame, disgrace
2. social isolation

hneising

n. /n̥ɑɪsinɡ/

1. hermit
2. (modern) shut-in, hikikomori

hnjósa

v. /ɲ̥ɔs/

1. to sneeze

hrifs

n. /r̥ivs/

1. assault, mugging

hvat

adv. /ʍɑt/

1. what

hví

adv. /ʍe/

1. why

I

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J

K

kaup

n. /kɔp/

1. commerce
2. bargain, barter

L

M

N

noregsúlf

m. /norejsolv/

1. 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/

1. very sad, depressed, miserable

Ø

Œ

Œgir

m. /œjir/

1. A mythical beast residing in the forests of the western

Eittlandic fjords.

P

pengvin

n. /peŋβin/

1. penguin

From English penguin

Q

R

S

sitja

v. /sitʃ/

1. to sit
2. to represent (politics)

sjá

v. /ʃɛ/

1. to see
2. to understand

skilja

v. /ʃkiʎ/

1. to differenciate
2. to segregate, to separate
3. to understand a difference

snjór

m. /sɲɔr/

1. snow

styrsamhald

n. /ʃtyrsamhald/

1. military batallion
2. mitilary unit, group

From Old Norse styrr (stir, battle) and samhald (a holding together, unity).

T

Þ

U

uppá

prep. /upɸə/

1. upon

Ú

úlf

m. /olv/

1. wolf-dog. See also noregsúlfr.

V

veisheit

f. /βɑɪshɑɪt/

1. knowledge or wisdom. From German Weisheit. See also vizka

viska

f. /βiʃk/

1. practical knowledge or wisdom, acquired from experience

See veisheit for a more general term for wisdow

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Z