Old Norse Terms - Chapter 1

á

on; upon; at; in

á milli

between

Bárðarson

(m) the son of Bard

Bárðr

(m) Bard personal name

Bjarni

(m) Bjarni personal name

bjó

lived verb (infinitive búa=

Drepstokkr

Drepstokkr place name

efniligr

adj promising

en

but; and (in a contrastive sense)

frændi

(m) kinsmen

fyrst

adv first

gaf

vb gave (inf gefa)

Grœnlendingr

m Greenlander (gen pl Grœnlendinga)

hann

he

hans

his

Herjólfr

m Herjolf personal name

Herjólfssonar

the son of Herjolf

hét

vb was named; called (inf heita)

Ingólfr

m Ingolf personal name

Ingólfr landnámsmaðr

m Ingolf the settler personal name

kona

f wife; woman

land

land

landnámsmaðr

m settler (gen landnámsmanns) — literally land taking man (both women and men)

maðr

m man; person; human being (gen manns)

milli

between

nes

headland

ok

conj and

Reykjanes

Reykjanes place name (headland of Smokes, of termal steam)

saga

saga

sonr

(gen sonar) m son; in patronymic names the masc -r ending in the word is dropped (i.e. Bárðarson)

var

vb was (inf vera)

Vágr

m Vag Bay (place name)

þeria

their

þorgerðr

f Thorgerd (personal name)

konungr

king

skip

n ship

mikill

adj great

margr

adj many

góðr

adj good

sá

that (one)

einn

one (numerial)

vera

vb to be

hafa

vb to have

segja

vb to say

til

to

í

in; into

á

on; onto

at

that

faðir

father

móðir

mother

barn

child

skor

f male haircut

elli

f old age

bók

f book

fjoðr

f feather

bragr

m poetry

matr

m food

steinn

m stone

kærleikr

m love

hjarta

n heart

þing

n parliament

fen

n marsh or bog

gera

vb to drive

spjót

spear

í gegnum

prep through

ganga

vb to stroll

umhverfis

prep around

húsin

houses

at

prep at; towards

frá

prep away from

koma

vb to arrive

húsum

the buildings

korn

grain

fugl

bird

víkingr

viking

fjorðr

fjord

vík

bay

dóttir

daughter