Old Norse Elements

á Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".

agi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "awe, fear".

akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".

alfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elf".

alh Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "temple, shelter".

allr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "all".

almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

anu 1 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "ancestor".

ari 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

áss Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god", referring to one of the Æsir.

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nobility".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

auðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wealth, fortune".

baggi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bjǫrg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "help, salvation".

bjǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bear (animal)".

blóm Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bloom, flower".

borg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

bót Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement".

bǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

brandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brúnn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "brown".

brynja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "armour".

býr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "farm, settlement".

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "day".

dallr Old Norse
Old Norse word possibly meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

danir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

dís Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "goddess".

djúr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "animal".

egg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, blade".

ei 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ever, always".

eik Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "oak".

einn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "one".

eldr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

eng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

ey 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "island".

ey 2 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "good fortune".

falki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "falcon".

fastr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "firm, solid".

finnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Sámi, person from Finland".

fiskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fish".

flæmingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Fleming, person from Flanders".

folk Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German and Old Norse word meaning "people".

fors Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".

frakkar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Franks", referring to the Germanic tribe.

fríðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "beautiful, beloved".

friðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "peace, love".

gaddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spur, spike".

gandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "magic item, wand, staff, monster".

garðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, yard".

gautr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

gefa Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to give".

geirr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spear".

gipt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "gift".

gísl Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".

gnýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "noise, grumble, murmur".

góðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "good".

grein Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "branch".

gríma Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mask".

grýja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to dawn, to begin to shine".

gunnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, war".

guð 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god".

haf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea, ocean".

hagi 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".

hallr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rock, boulder, slab".

hár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "high".

harðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".

haugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hill, cairn".

heill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "healthy, whole".

heimr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "home".

heiðr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bright, clear".

heiðr 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heath, moor".

herr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "army, warrior".

hildr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

hjalmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "helmet".

hjǫrr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sword".

hjǫrtr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hart, deer".

hlíð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hillside, slope".

hǫll Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hall, manor".

holmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small island".

holt Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old English, Old Norse, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "forest".

horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German, Old Norse and Old Dutch word meaning "horn".

hǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, combat".

hrafn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "raven".

hreiðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nest, home".

hróðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "praise, fame, glory".

hryggr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ridge".

hugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mind, thought, mood".

hvítr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "white".

jarl Old Norse
Old Norse noble title.

jǫfurr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boar, prince".

jór Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "horse".

jǫrmun Old Norse
Old Norse prefix meaning "whole, great, immense".

jǫrð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "earth, soil".

karl Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German (also spelled karal) and Old Norse word meaning "man".

kárr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "curly, curved".

ketill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet").

kirkja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "church" (via Old English from Greek).

kjarr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thicket, brush".

kokkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rooster, cock".

konr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "son, descendant".

kvistr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "twig, branch".

land Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "land".

langr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "long".

lauf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "leaf".

laug Old Norse
Old Norse element possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".

leif Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "inheritance, legacy, remainder, remnant".

leikr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "play, game, sport".

lind 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

lítill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small".

ljótr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "light".

lundr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "grove".

lyng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heather".

mær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "girl, maid".

mærr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

magn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "power, strength".

malmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ore, metal".

maðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).

miðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "middle".

mór 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

mǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "border, boundary, forest".

móðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mother".

móðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wrath, courage".

mundr Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "protection".

mylna Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mill".

nes Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "headland, promontory".

niðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "down".

norðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "north".

nýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "new".

oddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "point (of a sword)".

ǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "alder tree".

ǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

ótti Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fear, dread".

píli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

ráð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "counsel, advice".

regin Old Norse, Old High German (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".

ríkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler, king" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkijaz, a derivative of rīks).

ríða Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to ride".

rǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

rún Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "secret lore, rune".

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

saga Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tale, story".

salr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "room, hall".

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".

sigr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "victory".

skáli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hut, shed".

skógr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "forest, wood".

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

snær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "snow".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sun".

sǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sallow, yellow, pale".

stafr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "staff".

stakkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".

staðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "town, city, place".

steinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stone".

stormr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "storm".

straumr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

strǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, shore, beach".

sund Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strait".

suðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "south".

svanr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "swan".

sveinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boy, servant".

svíar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Swede".

þjófr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thief".

þorn Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "thorn".

þorp Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "village".

þrúðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".

þýðverskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "German".

topt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "homestead".

ulfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wolf".

unna Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to love".

unnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wave".

vagn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wagon".

valdr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler".

valkyrja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Valkyrie", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser".

valr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".

vangr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

vanr Old Norse
Old Norse word referring to a member of the Vanir group of gods.

vár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spring (season)".

vargr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "outlaw, wolf".

varr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "aware, cautious".

vé Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "holy, sanctuary".

vegr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "way, path, road".

veig Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".

vestr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "west".

víg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "war, battle".

vík Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cove, inlet".

víkingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "viking".

vili Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "will, desire".

villr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

vindr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wind".

vindr 2 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse element possibly meaning "victor, winner".

vinr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "friend".

vintr Old Norse
Old East Norse word meaning "winter".

vir Old Norse
Old Norse element, probably meaning either "warrior, fighter" (related to wīgą) or "holy man" (related to wīhaz).

víðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

víðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wide, large".

viðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tree, wood".

vizkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wise".

vǫllr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field, meadow".

vǫr Old Norse
Feminine form of varr.

vǫrðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "guard, guardian".

vrá Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "corner, nook".

ýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "yew tree, bow".