Dictionary

A

Á

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.

SingularPlural
Nom.bróðrbræðr
Acc.bróðbræð
Gen.bróðirbræðir
Dat.bróðbræðum

bók

f. /bɔk/

  1. book, plural bøk
SingularPlural
Nom.bókrbøkr
Acc.bókbøk
Gen.bókarbøkar
Dat.bókbøkum

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

n. /fɛ/

  1. wealth

From Old Norse .

SingularPlural
Nom.
Acc.
Gen.fésfés
Dat.férum

fisk

m. /fiʃk/

  1. fish

From Old Norse fiskr.

SingularPlural
Nom.fiskrfiskr
Acc.fiskfisk
Gen.fiskarfiskar
Dat.fiskfiskum

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).

SingularPlural
Nom.føðrfeðr
Acc.føðfeð
Gen.føðarfeðar
Dat.føðfeðum

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

Í

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

Y

Ý

Z