Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
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A random word of the day with a defined citation, the previous day’s Wordle solution, plus occasional updates from the editors.
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atfylgja (sb. f.): 6 cits, e.g. support, help // opbakning, bistand ‘veitti jarl þeim Sigmundi sæmiliga með at fylgiu sona sinna’ (Fær in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5284 #OldNorse
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
atfylgja (sb. f.): 6 cits, e.g. support, help // opbakning, bistand ‘veitti jarl þeim Sigmundi sæmiliga með at fylgiu sona sinna’ (Fær in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5284 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: serkr (sb. m.): 48 cits, e.g. shirt (worn under vestiments), cope, cassock // messesærk, messeskjorte ‘iij. hoklar oc .iij. serker .ij. handlin von allt saman’ (DI in Bps B II 4) onp.ku.dk/o67977 #OldNorse
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: serkr (sb. m.): 48 cits, e.g. shirt (worn under vestiments), cope, cassock // messesærk, messeskjorte ‘iij. hoklar oc .iij. serker .ij. handlin von allt saman’ (DI in Bps B II 4) onp.ku.dk/o67977 #OldNorse
brekkubrún (sb. f.): 4 cits, e.g. (crest at the) top of a slope // bakkeskrånings (øverste yderste) kant ‘þeir főru vpp ur dalnumm og a̋brechu brűnena yfer fialldal þeim ...’ (Stu in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o10848 #OldNorse
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
brekkubrún (sb. f.): 4 cits, e.g. (crest at the) top of a slope // bakkeskrånings (øverste yderste) kant ‘þeir főru vpp ur dalnumm og a̋brechu brűnena yfer fialldal þeim ...’ (Stu in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o10848 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: rǿkja (vb.): 60 cits, e.g. // ‘qveð▹c◃ sa miok ęða lítt að hverívm sem ek ræð siðan. eða æigi rækí ek að ek kveða iafnmíǫk at ǫllvm’ (Gramm in AM 242 fol) onp.ku.dk/o65918 #OldNorse
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: rǿkja (vb.): 60 cits, e.g. // ‘qveð▹c◃ sa miok ęða lítt að hverívm sem ek ræð siðan. eða æigi rækí ek að ek kveða iafnmíǫk at ǫllvm’ (Gramm in AM 242 fol) onp.ku.dk/o65918 #OldNorse
beinbrot (sb. n.): 24 cits, e.g. bone fracture, breaking of bones // knoglebrud ‘Hin tiguliga kuinna bydr meyiunvm, at þær skuli beria Heremannum med staufunum. Þær gera suo, ei fyr uid lettandi, enn þær uentu honum beinbrot’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o7535
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
beinbrot (sb. n.): 24 cits, e.g. bone fracture, breaking of bones // knoglebrud ‘Hin tiguliga kuinna bydr meyiunvm, at þær skuli beria Heremannum med staufunum. Þær gera suo, ei fyr uid lettandi, enn þær uentu honum beinbrot’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o7535
Yesterday’s #Wordle: byrla (vb.): 33 cits, e.g. pour, give (sby) (sth.) to drink, pour out, serve (a drink) ‘sætti konongren til þess menn. at byrla hofðingium Iomsvikinga þann dryk er s…’ (Fsk in OsloUB 371 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12710
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: byrla (vb.): 33 cits, e.g. pour, give (sby) (sth.) to drink, pour out, serve (a drink) ‘sætti konongren til þess menn. at byrla hofðingium Iomsvikinga þann dryk er s…’ (Fsk in OsloUB 371 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12710
árfarvegr (sb. m.): 8 cits, e.g. river bed, river course // flodleje, flods løb, åløb ‘a eingiunum uppi fyrir framan ⸌in forni⸍ ar▹faru◃eg▹rin◃n upp isikit ok or sikinu ifir i melinn’ (IslDipl in Þjskjs Jarðaskjöl : Húnavatnssýsla : Auðólfsstaðabréf) onp.ku.dk/o4319
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
árfarvegr (sb. m.): 8 cits, e.g. river bed, river course // flodleje, flods løb, åløb ‘a eingiunum uppi fyrir framan ⸌in forni⸍ ar▹faru◃eg▹rin◃n upp isikit ok or sikinu ifir i melinn’ (IslDipl in Þjskjs Jarðaskjöl : Húnavatnssýsla : Auðólfsstaðabréf) onp.ku.dk/o4319
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hestr (sb. m.): 268 cits, e.g. (horse as working animal/object of value/trading good) riding horse, workhorse, hackney) ‘ok þa skulo þit spreta gio᷎rðunvm hennar. skal Dagr þat gera ok lata sem hann gyrðe hestinn er þer kom…’ (Heið in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o33936
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hestr (sb. m.): 268 cits, e.g. (horse as working animal/object of value/trading good) riding horse, workhorse, hackney) ‘ok þa skulo þit spreta gio᷎rðunvm hennar. skal Dagr þat gera ok lata sem hann gyrðe hestinn er þer kom…’ (Heið in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o33936
deilugjarn (adj.): 2 cits, e.g. quarrelsome, contentious ‘Þat er mál manna, at þat hafi orðit at áhrínsorðum, er Þórðr mælti, at jafnan mundi vera nökkurar hreður í Miðfirði; hefir þar jafnan verit dei…’ (Þórð in AM 139 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14299
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
deilugjarn (adj.): 2 cits, e.g. quarrelsome, contentious ‘Þat er mál manna, at þat hafi orðit at áhrínsorðum, er Þórðr mælti, at jafnan mundi vera nökkurar hreður í Miðfirði; hefir þar jafnan verit dei…’ (Þórð in AM 139 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14299
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
djúpsǽi (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. deep insight // dyb indsigt ‘gaf gvð Salomon konvngi ... ⸢divpsæi hiartans oc hvgvit’ (Stj in AM 228 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14680 #OldNorse
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
djúpsǽi (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. deep insight // dyb indsigt ‘gaf gvð Salomon konvngi ... ⸢divpsæi hiartans oc hvgvit’ (Stj in AM 228 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14680 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hallr (adj.): 56 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: crooked, slanted, inclined, leaning, bent forward] // skæv, skrå, hældende, ludende, foroverbøjet ‘jakarner voru bæde haller og ha̋ler’ (Eb in AM 447 4°) onp.ku.dk/o30932 #OldNorse
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hallr (adj.): 56 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: crooked, slanted, inclined, leaning, bent forward] // skæv, skrå, hældende, ludende, foroverbøjet ‘jakarner voru bæde haller og ha̋ler’ (Eb in AM 447 4°) onp.ku.dk/o30932 #OldNorse
efanliga (adv.): 3 cits, e.g. uncertainly, unclearly // idet der kan næres tvivl, uklart ‘huadan komu þer ivarn lanndskap, sua sem no᷎ckut efannliga hvart þer ervt fridmenn eda fullko᷎mnir hermenn’ (Nik in Holm perg 16 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16377 #OldNorse
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
efanliga (adv.): 3 cits, e.g. uncertainly, unclearly // idet der kan næres tvivl, uklart ‘huadan komu þer ivarn lanndskap, sua sem no᷎ckut efannliga hvart þer ervt fridmenn eda fullko᷎mnir hermenn’ (Nik in Holm perg 16 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16377 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: lǽkna (vb.): 37 cits, e.g. help (sth.), improve (sth.) // hjælpe på (ngt), forbedre (ngt) ‘læknaði (N: hann) ráð þeira manna er þess þurftu ok á hans fund kómu’ (Hungrv in AM 380 4°) onp.ku.dk/o51115 #OldNorse
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: lǽkna (vb.): 37 cits, e.g. help (sth.), improve (sth.) // hjælpe på (ngt), forbedre (ngt) ‘læknaði (N: hann) ráð þeira manna er þess þurftu ok á hans fund kómu’ (Hungrv in AM 380 4°) onp.ku.dk/o51115 #OldNorse
bráðlyndi (sb. f.): 6 cits, e.g. hot-temperedness, quick-temperedness // voldsomt temperament, hidsighed ‘hann bar eigi betra skaplynde til vid bradlynde jallz’ (Mírm in AM 593 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10419 #OldNorse
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bráðlyndi (sb. f.): 6 cits, e.g. hot-temperedness, quick-temperedness // voldsomt temperament, hidsighed ‘hann bar eigi betra skaplynde til vid bradlynde jallz’ (Mírm in AM 593 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10419 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hollr (adj.): 81 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: auspicious, beneficial, favorable] // heldbringende, gavnlig, gunstig ‘eigi var mier þȧ hamingian ⸢ho᷎ll [V: holl] er eg feck þig eigi vnder mina tign okat’ (Adon in AM 593 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o35997 #OldNorse
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hollr (adj.): 81 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: auspicious, beneficial, favorable] // heldbringende, gavnlig, gunstig ‘eigi var mier þȧ hamingian ⸢ho᷎ll [V: holl] er eg feck þig eigi vnder mina tign okat’ (Adon in AM 593 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o35997 #OldNorse
borgarmúrr (sb. m.): 7 cits, e.g. wall of a fortress/city // borg-/bymur ‘hann var latinn síga ofan fẏrir borgar muriɴ jvandlaup’ (Pétr in SÁM 1) onp.ku.dk/o10209 #OldNorse
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
borgarmúrr (sb. m.): 7 cits, e.g. wall of a fortress/city // borg-/bymur ‘hann var latinn síga ofan fẏrir borgar muriɴ jvandlaup’ (Pétr in SÁM 1) onp.ku.dk/o10209 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: kylfa (sb. f.): 33 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: upper part of the bow (cf. skeiðarkylfa sb. f.)] ‘førðv konungs menn *stafnlia a sceiðar⸢kylfino [V: kylfuna] ... þa męlti iarli…’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o46666
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: kylfa (sb. f.): 33 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: upper part of the bow (cf. skeiðarkylfa sb. f.)] ‘førðv konungs menn *stafnlia a sceiðar⸢kylfino [V: kylfuna] ... þa męlti iarli…’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o46666
djarfmǽltr (adj.): 17 cits, e.g. bold in speech, outspoken // dristig/frimodig i sin tale ‘ein kona drengilig ok diarfmęllt froð ok forsial i frammburði mikillar vitru ok visdoms’ (Stj in AM 227 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14635 #OldNorse
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
djarfmǽltr (adj.): 17 cits, e.g. bold in speech, outspoken // dristig/frimodig i sin tale ‘ein kona drengilig ok diarfmęllt froð ok forsial i frammburði mikillar vitru ok visdoms’ (Stj in AM 227 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14635 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: sýsla (vb.): 65 cits, e.g. // ‘▹°°◃steiɴ konvngr hafþi oc eigi ecki at syst i landino meþan S. (N: ɔ: Sigurðr) konvngr var * ívtferþiɴi’ (Mork in GKS 1009 fol) onp.ku.dk/o78278 #OldNorse
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: sýsla (vb.): 65 cits, e.g. // ‘▹°°◃steiɴ konvngr hafþi oc eigi ecki at syst i landino meþan S. (N: ɔ: Sigurðr) konvngr var * ívtferþiɴi’ (Mork in GKS 1009 fol) onp.ku.dk/o78278 #OldNorse
eljunmaðr (sb. m.): 3 cits, e.g. energetic person, enterprising person // energisk person, foretagsom person ‘diarfr er han i ollum lutum ... æliunmaðr mikill. sua at hans iafningi hævir varla fengiz’ (Þiðr in Holm perg 4 fol) onp.ku.dk/o17723 #OldNorse
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
eljunmaðr (sb. m.): 3 cits, e.g. energetic person, enterprising person // energisk person, foretagsom person ‘diarfr er han i ollum lutum ... æliunmaðr mikill. sua at hans iafningi hævir varla fengiz’ (Þiðr in Holm perg 4 fol) onp.ku.dk/o17723 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: deyja (vb.): 30 cits, e.g. die // dø ‘sua sem þet (N: barnit) hafui oskirt do᷎yt af þeirra glo᷎msku eða vanro᷎kt’ (StatPáll in GKS 1154 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14414 #OldNorse
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: deyja (vb.): 30 cits, e.g. die // dø ‘sua sem þet (N: barnit) hafui oskirt do᷎yt af þeirra glo᷎msku eða vanro᷎kt’ (StatPáll in GKS 1154 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14414 #OldNorse
dǫgun (sb. f.): 39 cits, e.g. daybreak, dawn, early morning // dagning, daggry, tidlig morgen ‘Vᴍ morgonenn i dagan stoð hann upp’ (Streng in DG 4-7) onp.ku.dk/o16297 #OldNorse
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
dǫgun (sb. f.): 39 cits, e.g. daybreak, dawn, early morning // dagning, daggry, tidlig morgen ‘Vᴍ morgonenn i dagan stoð hann upp’ (Streng in DG 4-7) onp.ku.dk/o16297 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: kostr (sb. m.): 215 cits, e.g. food, sustenance, supplies, provisions, board, maintenance ‘Skeincket nv og bereth. architricklinvs. en þat er einn skaffare eda sꜳ sem s…’ (Anna in Holm perg 3 fol) onp.ku.dk/o103759
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: kostr (sb. m.): 215 cits, e.g. food, sustenance, supplies, provisions, board, maintenance ‘Skeincket nv og bereth. architricklinvs. en þat er einn skaffare eda sꜳ sem s…’ (Anna in Holm perg 3 fol) onp.ku.dk/o103759
bróðurdóttir (sb. f.): 27 cits, e.g. brother’s daughter (niece) ‘þær ero konor aðrar er enn ero i meirum þyrmslum við oss «. er ver vinnum a þeim udaða verc.» ef ver eigum likams losta við þær ... moð…’ (GulKr in DonVar 137 4°) onp.ku.dk/o11240
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bróðurdóttir (sb. f.): 27 cits, e.g. brother’s daughter (niece) ‘þær ero konor aðrar er enn ero i meirum þyrmslum við oss «. er ver vinnum a þeim udaða verc.» ef ver eigum likams losta við þær ... moð…’ (GulKr in DonVar 137 4°) onp.ku.dk/o11240