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	Hint	English Word Norse root	% Correct
W	incorrect	wrong rangr (crooked, wry, wrong)	98%
G	a present	gift gift (dowry)	97%
G	pistol, rifle	gun Gunnhildr ("war, battle")	97%
S	where clouds live	sky ský (cloud)	96%
U	opposite of beautiful	ugly uggligr (dreadful, repulsive)	96%
W	a bird's arm	wing vængr (a wing)	96%
B	the two of them	both baðir	95%
E	omelette ingredient	egg egg	95%
R	Santa's sleigh-pullers	reindeer hreindyri	95%
W	not strong	weak veikr (weak, pliant)	95%
D	pass away, expire	die deyja	94%
T	belonging to them (pronoun)	their þeirra (of them)	94%
B	the beginning of life	birth byrðr	93%
H	joyful	happy heill (health, prosperity, good luck)	93%
H	wife's partner	husband husbondi (master of the house)	93%
K	child	kid kið (young goat)	93%
R	underground part of plant	root rót	93%
T	ugly creature under bridge	troll troll, trǫll (giant, fiend, demon)	93%
V	Nordic pirate, raider and trader	viking vikingr (one from the fjords)	93%
W	a wizard's tool	wand vondr (rod)	93%
A	ire, rage	anger angr (trouble, affliction)	92%
B	skin of a tree	bark bǫrkr	92%
G	hand something to someone	give gefa (to give)	92%
H	strike	hit hitta (to find)	92%
I	unwell, sick	ill illr (bad)	92%
K	one-handed cutting tool	knife knífr	92%
L	lower limb	leg leggr	92%
M	cup for coffee or tea	mug mugge	92%
R	contest of speed	race rás (to race, to rush, to move swift)	92%
B	male cow	bull boli	91%
W	glass opening in wall	window vindauga (wind-eye)	91%
C	birthday food	cake kaka	90%
C	move on hands and knees	crawl krafla (to claw)	90%
D	mud, grime, soil	dirt drit (feces)	90%
F	mist, haze	fog fok (spray, shower, snowdrift)	90%
W	need, desire	want vanta (to lack)	90%
G	to obtain	get geta, gat (got), gittan (gotten)	89%
S	frighten, cause fear	scare skirra (to frighten)	89%
S	neck warmer	scarf skarfr (fastening joint)	89%
S	half a dress	skirt skyrta (shirt)	89%
B	used to carry shopping	bag baggi	88%
B	used to lure fish	bait beita	88%
F	brownish spots on face/skin	freckle freknur	88%
L	rule, regulation	law *lagu	87%
L	probable	likely líkligr	87%
R	suffering from decay e.g. food	rotten rotinn (decayed)	87%
S	appear to be	seem sœma (to conform)	87%
T	belief in someone's reliability	trust traust (help, confidence)	87%
B	insect or beetle	bug búkr (insect within tree trunks)	86%
F	for he's a jolly good...	fellow félagi	86%
S	weighing device	scale skal (bowl, cup)	86%
S	largest organ of the body	skin skinn (animal hide)	86%
S	run fast	sprint spretta (to jump up)	86%
T	plural pronoun	they þeir	85%
C	caveman's weapon	club klubba (cudgel)	84%
G	sudden blast of wind	gust gustr	83%
R	floating platform of bound logs	raft raptr (log)	83%
S	identical or similar	same same, samr	83%
G	visiting friend in your house	guest gestr	82%
L	individual part of a chain	link *hlenkr	82%
S	hop ____ and jump	skip skopa (to skip, run)	81%
S	long heroic story e.g. Star Wars	saga saga (story, tale)	80%
F	horizontally level	flat flatr	79%
R	lift up	raise reisa	79%
S	cranium	skull skulle (head)	79%
S	cunning, like a fox	sly sloegr (cunning, crafty, sly)	79%
U	up to a point in time	until und (as far as, up to) + til (until, up to)	78%
C	cry out to someone	call kalla (cry loudly)	76%
L	not far above the ground	low lagr	76%
C	throw a net	cast kasta (to throw)	75%
G	hot spring with water jets	geyser geysa (to gush)	75%
G	thickness, circumference	girth gjörð (circumference, cinch)	75%
M	error of judgement	mistake mistaka (miscarry)	75%
G	young goose	gosling gæslingr (goose)	73%
T	grasp, seize	take taka	73%
L	untethered	loose lauss (loose, free)	72%
P	large soil furrowing implement	plough, plow plogr	70%
S	something to sit on	seat sæti (seat, position)	70%
S	tremble or vibrate	shake skaka (to shake)	70%
W	spin around	whirl hvirfla (to go around)	70%
A	overwhelming wonderment	awe agi (terror)	69%
O	not even	odd oddi (third number, the casting vote)	69%
S	type of heavy hammer	sledge sleggja (sledgehammer)	67%
L	attic	loft lopt (upper floor, attic, air, sky)	66%
S	a magician has _____ of hand	sleight slœgð (cunning, slyness)	66%
O	clumsy idiot, lout	oaf alfr (elf)	65%
S	cut of beef	steak steik, steikja (to fry)	65%
L	lend	loan lán (to lend)	64%
C	cut the wings of a bird	clip klippa (to cut)	62%
S	ability to do something well	skill skil (distinction)	62%
G	a group or band	gang gangr (a group of men)	61%
G	a break or opening	gap gap (chasm)	61%
B	loop for fastening (rubber ____)	band band (rope)	59%
H	barter	haggle haggen (to chop)	59%
S	slide when trying to stop	skid skið (stick of wood, snow shoe)	59%
G	chat idly, gift of the...	gab gabbnna (to mock)	58%
K	central structure on boat hull	keel kjölr	58%
S	kill animals for food	slaughter *slahtr (butchering)	58%
K	ignite, start a fire	kindle kynda	57%
S	exchange of goods for cash	sale sala	55%
B	rise in waves e.g. smoke	billow bylgja	53%
D	leftover coffee sludge	dregs dregg (sediment)	53%
M	filth, dirt	muck myki (cow dung)	53%
S	animal trap	snare snara (noose, snare)	52%
O	criminal, fugitive, highwayman	outlaw utlagi	51%
S	tilt from side to side	sway sveigja (to bend, swing, give way)	51%
S	discolor, mark	stain steina (to paint)	50%
A	clumsy or embarrassing	awkward ǫfugr (turned backward)	49%
G	sparkle in the light	glitter glitra (to glitter)	49%
T	propulsive force of a rocket	thrust þrysta (to thrust, force)	49%
B	frenzied, running amok	berserk berserkr (frenzied warriors 'bear-shirt')	47%
R	rue	regret gráta (to weep, groan)	46%
S	detective	sleuth sloð (trail)	46%
M	oppressively humid, close	muggy mugga (drizzle, mist)	44%
T	_____ of comfort and joy	tidings tíðindi (news of events)	42%
G	stare stupidly, gape	gawk ga (to heed)	40%
B	dreary, desolate, pale	bleak bleikr (pale)	39%
C	a shepherd's staff	crook krokr (hook-shaped weapon)	39%
I	irritate, annoy	irk yrkja (to work)	39%
S	slope or lean	slant sletta, slenta (to throw carelessly)	39%
S	walk unsteadily	stagger stakra (to push, cause to reel)	39%
R	loot a place causing damage	ransack rannsaka (to search the house)	36%
B	move blindly or clumsily	blunder blundra (shut one's eye)	34%
E	type of duck used for down	eider eider	34%
S	rub with a hard implement	scrape skrapa (to scrape, erase)	30%
O	complaint investigating official	ombudsman umboðsmaðr (representative)	29%
T	the careful use of money	thrift þrift (prosperity, savings)	28%
F	move lightly and swiftly	flit flytja (cause to fit)	25%
R	rocky uneven terrain quality	rugged rogg (shaggy tuft)	25%
S	a small remaining piece	scrap skrap (scraps, trifles)	25%
M	bog, marsh	mire myrr (bog)	20%
S	scratch a line in a surface	score skor (notch; twenty)	19%
S	large fish of the ray family	skate skata (fish)	19%
T	stop someone accomplishing	thwart þvert (across)	17%
S	ignore or spurn disdainfully	snub snubba (to curse)	16%
B	rule applying to members	bylaw bylög (by=village, lög=law)	15%
S	barely sufficient or adequate	scant skamt & skammr (short, lacking)	12%