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)
hatr
1
haugr
1
heimta
1
heppinn
1
hitta
1
hlaup
1
holmr
1
hrata
1
hreppr
1
hrútr
1
hugga
1
husbondi
3
hvirfla
2
hvæsa
1
hárr
1
hóll
1
húsbóndi
2
hǫggva
1
illr
1
iða
1
jalda
1
kaggi
1
kaka
3
kalla
3
karl
1
karpa
1
kasta
5
ketill
1
kikna
1
kið
2
kleima
1
klubba
1
klugu
1
knífr
1
kolla
1
kostr
1
krafla
3
kriki
1
kross
1
krókr
4
kverk
1
kvirkja
1
kynda
2
kýta
1
ladd
1
lag
4
lauss
2
leggr
2
leika
1
leka
2
liggja
1
lopt
1
lypta
1
lágr
2
lán
1
líka
1
líkliga
1
líkligr
1
líkr
1
lóg
1
lǫg
1
lǫgr
1
mathkr
1
maurr
1
melr
1
mistaka
1
mjúkr
1
mugga
1
mygla
1
mál
1
mǫl
1
nagga
1
nei
1
nær
1
oddi
2
pái
1
rangr
3
rann
1
rannsaka
2
reisa
2
reka
3
rend
1
rinna
3
rokkr
1
rotinn
2
rubba
2
rót
1
rögg
1
rǫgg
2
samr
3
serkr
1
skald
1
skalli
1
skamt
1
skarð
1
skaða
1