Word origins

• AndersonA Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
• lieTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• OsloA county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
• skeletonThe system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.
• NielsenA surname from Danish or from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• AndersenA surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
• cuffGlove; mitten
• KristinA female given name from Ancient Greek, a variation of Christine, of mostly American use.
• HommeA surname.
• ChristensenA surname
• EricksonA surname from Nordic
• LarsenA surname from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
• stadtown, village
• seiA sei whale.
• KariA female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary.
• agaAn AGA cooker.
• RasmussenA surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
• ardA simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.
• PedersenA surname.
• IversonA surname from Danish or Norwegian.
• RandiA female given name
• fossA waterfall.
• MadsenA surname.
• slalomThe sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
• RollaA surname from Italian.
• solaA surname.
• MoenA surname from Norwegian
• telemarkTelemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
• HaneyA surname.
• etnaAny of several kind of spirit burners, lamps or stoves, especially portable; (later chiefly in attributive use).
• fjordA long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
• RoselandA surname from Norwegian.
• StavangerA city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
• siriA female given name.
• IbsenA surname.
• NelsA male given name from Norwegian
• VikA diminutive of the male given names Viktor and Vikram.
• SOLASA surname from Norwegian
• HaugenA surname from Norwegian.
• lemmingA small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.
• NilsenA surname from Norwegian.
• CarlsenA surname from Danish or Norwegian.
• ThuneA surname from Norwegian.
• EriksenA surname from Danish or Norwegian.
• tweetThe sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
• DokkenA surname from Norwegian.
• lierA person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
• BakkenA surname from Norwegian.
• hirdIn Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
• avenA vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
• MaritaA female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
• AmundsenA surname of Danish and Norwegian origin.
• HamarA community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.
• MagnussenA surname.
• KarlsenA surname.
• tiftA fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
• MarkenA surname.
• SolveigA female given name
• GundersenA surname.
• TufteA surname from Norwegian.
• HiaasenA surname from Norwegian.
• kaasA surname.
• BentsenA surname.
• VeblenA surname from Norwegian.
• krakenA colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.
• StaiA surname from Norwegian.
• MeloyA surname from Norwegian.
• DalenA surname from Norwegian.
• LundeA surname from Norwegian.
• FinnmarkThe Finnish markka (currency unit).
• DrammenA municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway.
• AustadA surname from Norwegian.
• TheisenA surname from German.
• MichelsenA surname.
• RanumA surname.
• TorgersonA surname from Sweden/Swedish.
• AmdahlA surname from Norwegian.
• RamstadA surname from Norwegian.
• BerglandA surname from Norwegian.
• FredrikstadA city and municipality of Viken, Eastern Norway, Norway.
• AkershusA county of Norway.
• RogalandA county of Norway.
• VestfoldA county of Norway.
• HordalandA county of Norway.
• sverdrupA unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.
• StortingThe supreme legislature of Norway, the Norwegian parliament.
• HauglandA surname from Norwegian.
• FossenA surname from Norwegian.
• BirkelandA surname from Norwegian.
• RiiseA surname from Norwegian.
• OpplandA former county in eastern Norway.
• TromsA county of Norway (between 2020 to 2024 Troms and Finnmark were merged into Troms og Finnmark county).
• niggleA minor complaint or problem.
• BogeA surname from Norwegian.
• ChristoffersenA surname.
• WilhelmsenA surname.
• KolstadA surname from Norwegian.
• flounceTo move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
• AaseA surname from Norwegian.
• HamsunA Norwegian surname.