English words from Old Norse
- LaphroaigLaphroaig whisky
- WroughtonA village and civil parish in Swindon district, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1480).
- BushbyA village in Thurnby and Bushby parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6504).
- BifrostThe rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
- ArnsideA village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4578).
- SilebyA village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6015).
- ApplegarthA village in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.
- SweenA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- SillothA small town and port in Silloth-on-Solway parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1053).
- FreyjaA deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr.
- AnnandA Scottish surname.
- RoughtonA village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
- SawreyA habitational surname from Old Norse.
- AsbyA village in Arlecdon and Frizington parish, Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0620).
- GarnseyA surname from Norman.
- gormlessLacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
- skeelA shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
- GrobyA village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
- SandwickA parish on Mainland, Orkney Islands council area.
- HarbyA village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7431).
- FreyrA Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a weapon. He is sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr.
- McSweenA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- RavenscarA coastal village in Staintondale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district, renamed from Peak in the early 20th century (OS grid ref NZ9801).
- HazelriggA surname from Old Norse.
- VanirThe principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
- KelhamA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).
- WhitgiftA village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
- MellanbyA surname from Old Norse.
- SomersbyA small village in Greetham with Somersby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3472).
- GardhamA hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542).
- karvea multipurpose intermediate size Viking longship
- EllerbyA civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA162389).
- AskernA town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5613).
- luckerA very lucky person.
- NetherbyA suburb in the town of Ashburton, New Zealand.
- MuninnOne of a pair of ravens, the other being Huginn, who fly throughout the entire world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.
- UlcebyA village in Ulceby with Fordington parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4272).
- AigburthA southern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. (OS grid ref SJ3885).
- SleipnirThe eight-legged horse of Odin.
- HolmyardA surname.
- SweynA male given name.
- QuarmbyA suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
- FoulaA remote island west of Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HT9639).
- ÆgirA giant and king of the sea, personifying the power thereof. He is the son of Fornjótr, and the brother of Logi and Kári. He has nine daughters — the billow maidens — by his wife, Rán, namely: Bára, Blóðughadda, Bylgja, Dúfa, Hefring, Himinglæva, Hrönn, Kólga, and Unnr.
- ÆsirThe principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.
- aettA division of the runic alphabet containing eight runes.
- AgarthaA legendary city said to be located in the Earth's core.
- AlfheimThe home of the Ljósálfar (light elves, álfar, divine beings), located up in the sky.
- All-FatherA supreme being; a god who rules over all others.
- AllithwaiteA village in Allithwaite and Cartmel parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England. Formerly in Lancashire and then South Lakeland district until 2023 (OS grid ref SD3876).
- AlvíssmálThe Sayings of Alvís (or) The Sayings of the All-Wise; the tenth poem of the Poetic Edda.
- Amoundernessan area and ancient hundred of Lancashire, England.
- atgeirA kind of spear-like polearm used by the Norse, conventionally translated as halberd, but of uncertain precise nature.
- AysideA hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
- Baldrs draumarThe Dreams of Baldur; the eleventh book of the Poetic Edda.
- BiglandA surname.
- BirkthwaiteA hamlet in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4447).
- bittsA frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor
- blótA Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
- BottenA surname.
- 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).
- Dark AlfsThe Dǫkkálfar.
- dark elfA member of the race of Dǫkkálfar or Dark Alfs, creatures who live underground.
- deedlessOf real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.
- Dellingra figure in Norse mythology, the father of Dagr (the Day)
- dragonshipA type of Viking longship decorated with a carved dragon or serpent head on the prow.
- drapaA heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
- duergarOne of a race of ugly dwarfs, particularly associated with the Simonside Hills of Northumberland in northern England.
- EakringA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6762).
- einherjarThe warriors who died fighting bravely and were brought by valkyries to Valhalla, where they feast and prepare for Ragnarok.
- EmblaThe first female human in the Edda.
- FarbautiA moon of Saturn.
- 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.
- fornyrðislagAn Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Poetic Edda, consisting of two lifts per half-line.
- 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.
- frost giantA type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.
- galdrAn ancient form of shamanic chanting, an improvisational magical song, especially for a protective effect. Compare the custom of the joik and other chanting traditions among the Sámi shamanic noaidi who shares mutual influence with the Norse shamanic vǫlva and other Norse magical customs.
- 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).
- GondlirOdin.
- 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.
- GrimnirOdin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
- grimsAn English surname.
- GrimsarghA village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5834).
- GullinburstiA giant bronze mechanical boar forged by Brokkr and Eitri as a gift for the god Freyr.