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A
Á
Æ
B
bræð
See bróð
bróð
- 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.
/ | <r> | ||
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Singular | Plural | ||
Nom. | bróðr | bræðr | |
Acc. | bróð | bræð | |
Gen. | bróðir | bræðir | |
Dat. | bróð | bræðum |
bók
- book, plural bøk
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Singular | Plural | ||
Nom. | bókr | bøkr | |
Acc. | bók | bøk | |
Gen. | bókar | bøkar | |
Dat. | bók | bøkum |
bøk
See bók
C
D
djúp
adj.
- deep
- profound (figuratively)
djúpligr
adv.
- deeply
dóttir
- daughter
Đ
E
edda
- great grandmother
- female ancestor, beyond the grandmother
Eittland
- (n) High Kingdom of Eittland, island of Eittland
É
F
feð
See føð
fé
- wealth
From Old Norse fé.
Singular | Plural | |
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Nom. | fé | fé |
Acc. | fé | fé |
Gen. | fés | fés |
Dat. | fé | férum |
fisk
- fish
From Old Norse fiskr.
Singular | Plural | |
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Nom. | fiskr | fiskr |
Acc. | fisk | fisk |
Gen. | fiskar | fiskar |
Dat. | fisk | fiskum |
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 | |
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Nom. | føðr | feðr |
Acc. | føð | feð |
Gen. | føðar | feðar |
Dat. | føð | feðum |
G
gauð
- a barking
- a quarrel
gegn
adv.
- against, opposing
gjøf
- gift, present
H
heilsa
- health
hjól
- wheel
hlóð
- hearth
- living room
hneisa
- shame, disgrace
- social isolation
hneising
- hermit
- (modern) shut-in, hikikomori
hnjósa
- to sneeze
hrifs
- assault, mugging
hvat
adv.
- what
hví
adv.
- why
I
Í
J
K
kaup
- commerce
- bargain, barter
L
M
N
noregsúlf
- 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.
- very sad, depressed, miserable
Ø
Œ
Œgir
- A mythical beast residing in the forests of the western
Eittlandic fjords.
P
Q
R
S
sitja
- to sit
- to represent (politics)
sjá
- to see
- to understand
skilja
- to differenciate
- to segregate, to separate
- to understand a difference
snjór
- snow
T
Þ
U
uppá
prep.
- upon
Ú
úlf
- wolf-dog. See also noregsúlfr.
V
veisheit
- knowledge or wisdom. From German Weisheit. See also vizka
viska
- practical knowledge or wisdom, acquired from experience
See veisheit for a more general term for wisdow