Old Norse Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Old Norse (278)
*brenka
1
*getsa
1
*glenta
1
*glówa
1
*happa
1
*hernest
1
*hlenkr
1
*kytja
1
*slahtr
1
*sprenta
1
*wrek
1
*þóh
1
agi
1
angr
1
angra
1
baggi
4
banga
2
banna
1
batna
1
baula
1
beinn
2
beita
1
bekkr
1
berserkr
1
blanda
1
blaðra
3
bleikr
1
blettr
1
blunda
1
blástr
blóm
1
boli
1
bragr
1
braka
1
burðr
1
bylgja
1
byr
1
byrðr
2
báðir
1
bón
1
bóndi
2
börkr
2
búa
1
búinn
1
búlki
1
bútr
1
býr
1
bǫllr
1
dasask
2
deyja
2
draga
1
drúpa
2
dumpa
1
dúnn
2
dúsa
1
dǫkk
1
eggja
1
fasta
1
felagi
1
ferja
1
fjǫrðr
1
flaga
2
flak
2
flaðra
1
flekkr
1
flengja
1
flira
1
flytja
1
fló
1
fors
6
frami
1
frjó
1
froða
1
froða
1
fáni
1
félagi
6
fēlagi
1
gabba
1
gagn
1
gap
1
gapa
2
gata
2
gefa
1
geispa
1
gervi
1
gestr
1
geta
2
gikkr
1
gipt
1
gjǫrð
1
gráta
1
gusa
1
gustr
1
happ
6
harfr
1
harskr
1