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That's Viking You're Speaking!

Name the RANDOM English words which have their roots in Old Norse.
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Last updated: September 16, 2023
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First submittedApril 18, 2023
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Hint
English Word                                                   Norse root
T
the careful use of money
thrift þrift (prosperity, savings)
S
kill animals for food
slaughter *slahtr (butchering)
L
untethered
loose lauss (loose, free)
C
throw a net
cast kasta (to throw)
U
opposite of beautiful
ugly uggligr (dreadful, repulsive)
L
probable
likely líkligr
C
cry out to someone
call kalla (cry loudly)
S
long heroic story e.g. Star Wars
saga saga (story, tale)
G
a break or opening
gap gap (chasm)
C
move on hands and knees
crawl krafla (to claw)
S
hop ____ and jump
skip skopa (to skip, run)
S
discolor, mark
stain steina (to paint)
G
pistol, rifle
gun Gunnhildr ("war, battle")
R
rocky uneven terrain quality
rugged rogg (shaggy tuft)
O
not even
odd oddi (third number, the casting vote)
K
child
kid kið (young goat)
O
complaint investigating official
ombudsman umboðsmaðr (representative)
S
ability to do something well
skill skil (distinction)
M
cup for coffee or tea
mug mugge
B
rule applying to members
bylaw bylög (by=village, lög=law)
interopia
+5
Level 85
Apr 18, 2023
Interesting!
overtired
+3
Level 84
Apr 18, 2023
Yeah, I was quite fascinated to see how many common words came to English via the Viking invasions and rule. Makes sense, but I feel like it doesn't get mentioned much.
cathlete
+4
Level 74
Apr 19, 2023
Nice! I must say I am fascinated as well. Nominated
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 81
Sep 22, 2023
Ugh. I read “a present” as “at present” and never got it.
maur85
+1
Level 72
Sep 23, 2023
Apparently quite a few of these (such as race) were already cognate to their Old English equivalents, which makes sense given they're both Germanic languages.
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