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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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English Word                                                   Norse root
I
irritate, annoy
irk yrkja (to work)
L
rule, regulation
law *lagu
L
not far above the ground
low lagr
G
a present
gift gift (dowry)
W
need, desire
want vanta (to lack)
P
large soil furrowing implement
plough, plow plogr
S
cranium
skull skulle (head)
B
move blindly or clumsily
blunder blundra (shut one's eye)
S
run fast
sprint spretta (to jump up)
R
loot a place causing damage
ransack rannsaka (to search the house)
L
lower limb
leg leggr
V
Nordic pirate, raider and trader
viking vikingr (one from the fjords)
B
loop for fastening (rubber ____)
band band (rope)
O
clumsy idiot, lout
oaf alfr (elf)
D
leftover coffee sludge
dregs dregg (sediment)
G
stare stupidly, gape
gawk ga (to heed)
B
dreary, desolate, pale
bleak bleikr (pale)
B
used to lure fish
bait beita
M
error of judgement
mistake mistaka (miscarry)
R
rocky uneven terrain quality
rugged rogg (shaggy tuft)
5 Comments
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Level 85
Apr 18, 2023
Interesting!
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Level 85
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.
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Level 74
Apr 19, 2023
Nice! I must say I am fascinated as well. Nominated
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Level 81
Sep 22, 2023
Ugh. I read “a present” as “at present” and never got it.
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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.