English words from Icelandic
- hopeTo want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- ugA feeling of fear, horror or disgust.
- scampA rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
- routA group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- aukAny of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
- titlingThe act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book.
- eiderAny of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
- udalAllodial, inalienable.
- eyrirA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna
- lyrieAgonus cataphractus, a European fish having the body covered with bony plates, and with three spines projecting in front of the nose.
- MývatnA lake in Iceland.
- skawA promontory.
- skuteA boat; a small vessel.
- ThorriThe fourth winter month in the Icelandic calendar, running from mid-January to mid-February.
- vaagmerThe dealfish, Trachipterus arcticus
- vinartertaA dessert of cake with layers of prune filling.
- yokulAn ice-covered volcano in Iceland.