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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
P
large soil furrowing implement
plough, plow plogr
S
cut of beef
steak steik, steikja (to fry)
S
animal trap
snare snara (noose, snare)
M
error of judgement
mistake mistaka (miscarry)
D
mud, grime, soil
dirt drit (feces)
R
underground part of plant
root rót
R
floating platform of bound logs
raft raptr (log)
I
unwell, sick
ill illr (bad)
B
male cow
bull boli
K
child
kid kið (young goat)
S
ignore or spurn disdainfully
snub snubba (to curse)
S
tilt from side to side
sway sveigja (to bend, swing, give way)
B
insect or beetle
bug búkr (insect within tree trunks)
F
mist, haze
fog fok (spray, shower, snowdrift)
L
probable
likely líkligr
A
ire, rage
anger angr (trouble, affliction)
G
stare stupidly, gape
gawk ga (to heed)
I
irritate, annoy
irk yrkja (to work)
B
skin of a tree
bark bǫrkr
O
clumsy idiot, lout
oaf alfr (elf)
5 Comments
+5
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.