Word origins

• FreyaA female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
• IvorA male given name from Old Norse.
• LundyAn island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).
• yawThe rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
• HelgaA female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
• scranFood, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
• thorpA group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
• castellA human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
• LowestoftA town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).
• ColvilleA surname from Norman.
• wailTo cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• MidgardThe Earth of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a middle realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Helheim); the abode of human beings, between those of the gods (Æsir) and the dead.
• abyTo pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
• laitTo seek; search for; inquire.
• ronaCOVID-19.
• capelA composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
• vangTo take; undertake for.
• HulmeA northern suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6091).
• scootA swift movement or trip
• WetherbyA market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).
• purlA particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
• LeakeA surname.
• LoftonA surname.
• BraithwaiteA habitational surname from Old Norse.
• astinAny of a group of cyclical pentapeptides originating from the plant Aster tataricus.
• hakeA hook; a pot-hook.
• SkegnessA town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England (OS grid ref TF5663).
• VidarA god, son of Odin.
• hermA rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
• ruckA throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
• BlighA surname from Irish.
• GrimshawA hamlet in Eccleshill civil parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024).
• spryHaving great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
• gueA kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.
• BirkbeckA surname from Old Norse.
• TrollopeA surname.
• DungenessA headland in Lydd parish, on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland (OS grid ref TR0916).
• HaldaneA surname from Old Norse.
• CouplandA small village in Warcop parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7118).
• lakinA toy.
• SowerbyA hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).
• ThurgoodA surname transferred from the given name.
• GrigsbyA surname from Old Norse.
• LockerbieA terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
• marraA friend, pal, buddy, mate.
• ThirskA town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820).
• AskinA surname.
• ValgrindThe main entrance to Valhalla in Norse mythology.
• DingwallA town and royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5558).
• ConistonA cattle station in the Northern Territory, Australia.
• toftA hillock.
• sheltieA Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.
• HoldernessA coastal area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
• ThursoA town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.
• capleA horse.
• FordyceA village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
• LinklaterA surname from Old Norse.
• skellyA squint.
• BiggarA village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662).
• screeLoose stony debris on a slope.
• VollA surname.
• GerdaA female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.
• GarstangA market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).
• HaugA surname.
• LindaleA village in Cumbria, England.
• LeiteA surname.
• helderRather.
• StackpoleA village in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9896).
• bottonA small village in Danby parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6904).
• TurtonA surname.
• limberFlexible, pliant, bendable.
• awfAn elf.
• ThorburnA surname transferred from the given name.
• ladeTo fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• fowTo clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
• ayreA narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.
• urdOne of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
• ScaifeA surname from Old Norse.
• HeskethA surname from Old Norse.
• scrawnyThin, malnourished, and weak.
• CouseA surname originating as a patronymic.
• dockerOne who performs docking, as of tails.
• ThursbyA village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3250).
• CrostonA surname.
• ThoroldA surname transferred from the given name.
• AintreeA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; the home of the Grand National. (OS grid ref SJ3798).
• groatHulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
• CarlingfordA suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
• ScowcroftA surname.
• HaakonA male given name from Old Norse; that of many kings of Norway.
• RawdonA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2139).
• FrisbyA village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).
• hunkerTo crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down.
• wathA ford.
• muggyHumid, or hot and humid.
• LingwoodA village in Lingwood and Burlingham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3608).
• tuskerAn animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
• HowthA coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
• keldHaving a kell or covering; webbed.
• CleatorA village in Cleator Moor parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0113).