English words from Old Norse
- BracebyA small village in Braceby and Sapperton parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0135).
- bradsotSynonym of braxy (“inflammatory disease of sheep”).
- BrecqhouOne of the Channel Islands, a tenement of Sark, of which it lies to the west.
- brismakSynonym of cusk (“type of fish”).
- -byHabitation.
- Caldey IslandAn island in Tenby community, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SS1496).
- CalthwaiteA village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4640).
- CringlefordA village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1905).
- deedlessOf real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.
- EakringA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6762).
- EmblaThe first female human in the Edda.
- Faroe IslandsAn archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland.
- FelkirkA hamlet in South Hiendley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3812).
- femmerThin, fragile.
- FosdykeA village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3133).
- foudA bailiff or magistrate.
- freitA superstitious object or observance; a charm, an omen.
- GandalfesqueWith qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.
- ganferA kind of ghost found in the folklore of Orkney and Shetland.
- GauxholmeA suburb of Todmorden, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9323).
- gowpenA bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
- Great AltcarA small village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3206).
- Great OrmeA hill and headland (Great Orme's Head) close to Llandudno, Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7683).
- grekingThe break (of day); dawn.
- grimsAn English surname.
- GrimsarghA village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5834).
- guykerlA giantess, typically a giant wife.
- gyre-carlinA witch.
- haafthe open sea, especially as a place to fish
- HaddiscoeA village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM4496).
- hamingjaA female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.
- hattockA small hat.
- heyemhome
- hirpleTo walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
- holmgangIn Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.
- Huginnone of a pair of ravens, the other being Muninn, who fly throughout the world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.
- IngarsbyThe preserved site of a deserted medieval village in Hungarton parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6805).
- Ireland's EyeA small island in the Irish Sea north of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, long uninhabited but visited by day trippers (Irish grid ref O2841).
- kenspeckEasily known or seen; obvious; apparent.
- LaithwaiteA surname from Old Norse.
- lawtingThe highest court, which was held every summer from medieval times until around the 17th century.
- LewthwaiteA surname from Old Norse.
- liggedTired.
- LondesboroughA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8645).
- manksSomething from the English city of Manchester; short for Mancunian, usually "Mancs"
- mareelSeafire, phosphorescence on the ocean, especially around the Shetland Islands.
- marramAmmophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.
- MeolsA suburb of Hoylake, Merseyside, England.
- MicklebyA village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England.
- MicklethwaiteA hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY284504).
- MímirA figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, beheaded during the Æsir-Vanir War, after which Odin receives secret knowledge and counsel from the severed head.
- molnupiravirAn antiviral drug developed to treat COVID-19, the first to obtain regulatory approval in the Western World, from the MHRA in the United Kingdom.
- MowsonA surname from Middle English.
- North FerribyA large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the River Humber (OS grid ref SE9825).
- odalismA system of heritable freehold property rights to odal land.
- ourieChill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering.
- Pentland FirthA strait (not a true firth) separating the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland.
- Preston-under-ScarA village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0791).
- RokkatruA form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Jotun and chaotic deities such as Loki.
- roustto rout out of bed; to rouse.
- saitheThe pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).
- Scapa FlowA body of sheltered water between islands in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
- Scholar GreenA village in Odd Rode parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8357).
- scouryShowery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.
- scriddanA kind of landslide in which rain loosens the side of a mountain or hill and rocks slide down.
- scugShade, shadow.
- SeatterA surname from Old Norse.
- seaveA rush (the plant).
- sillockA pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.
- skirpA drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).
- slockenTo put out, extinguish (a fire).
- slotchAn idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
- SnaefellA mountain, the highest in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3988).
- SnarrA surname.
- South RonaldsayAn island of the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
- SparhamA village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0719).
- staithA shore or a riverbank.
- St KildaAn archipelago in the westernmost part of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
- StockdalewathA small village in Dalston parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3845).
- stoupA bucket.
- SulbyA village in the Isle of Man.
- SurturA very powerful jotun (giant) and chief of Muspellheim, described in the Eddas as wielding a flaming (or shining) sword and as battling the gods and killing Freyr during Ragnarok.
- SwartbyA habitational surname.
- ThorfidaA female given name
- TrewhittA surname from Old Norse.
- UladstirUlster (sense 1)
- UtterbyA village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3093).
- valknutA symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles, used by ancient Germanic peoples, but of uncertain meaning.
- VanatruA form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Vanir deities.
- veesickA Norn song or rhyme, a ballad in Shetland or Orkney.
- Verdandithe Norn of the present
- WaitheA hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district, of Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA202006).
- WarcopA village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7415).
- WetwangA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9359).
- WhalsayAn island of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
- WhenbyA small village in North Yorkshire, England.
- WhineryA surname from Old Norse.
- WickenbyA hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
- WoolfittA surname from Old Norse.