Norse

Facts:

• 900+ English words from Old Norse

• If you see word beginning with “sk” suspect the vikings.

• “by” to the Danes meant farm or town

• “thorpe” is Scandinavian for village

• “thwaite” old Norse for an isolated bit of land

• “gate” is Old Norse for street

• “wick” comes from Old Norse word for bay

• “Jura” Scandinavian for Djur → Animal Ey → Island

• If your name ends with “son” you prob have Norse heritage

  • Dads name + “son” = Your name

Scottish

• Scottish place names:

  • Wick and Lerwick

  • Jura

English words derived from old Norse

• Pronouns:

  • Them

  • They

  • Their

  • ‘em

• Viking Verbs:

  • Are

  • Take

  • Dazzle

  • Crawl

  • Guess

  • Trust

  • To

• Violent Words:

  • Slaughter

  • Ransack

  • Klub

  • Knife

  • Berserk

• Everyday:

  • Husband

  • Sky

  • Skull

  • Skill

  • Skirt

  • Shirt

  • Short

  • Shabby

  • Scabby

  • Shatter

  • Scatter

  • Ship

  • Skipper

• Doubling up:

  • Egg

• Place Names:

  • 1,400 Old Norse place names in central and northern England

  • Derby

  • Whitby

  • Grimsby

  • Rugby

  • Bishopsthorpe

  • Scunthorpe

  • Althrope

  • Braithwaite

  • Langthwaite

  • Huthwaite

• Viking Surnames:

  • All names that end with “son”

• Days of the week (Norse Gods):

  • Thursday → Thorsday (Ik you know this)

  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday all get their names from Germanic gods