Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
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at (præp.): 731 cits, e.g. (indicating the circumstances under which sth. happens, indicating the manner in which sth. is done, etc.) at, on, as, in ‘eptir þat seldi Bjǫrn honum Hólm at leigu’ (BjH in AM 551 d α 4°) onp.ku.dk/o5173 #OldNorse
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
at (præp.): 731 cits, e.g. (indicating the circumstances under which sth. happens, indicating the manner in which sth. is done, etc.) at, on, as, in ‘eptir þat seldi Bjǫrn honum Hólm at leigu’ (BjH in AM 551 d α 4°) onp.ku.dk/o5173 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hnefi (sb. m.): 55 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (as a measure) fistful] // (som målangivelse) nævefuld ‘Torfmenn æyri undir fim hundrat nefa alnar torf’ (RbEM in LundUB Mh 15) onp.ku.dk/o35545 #OldNorse
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hnefi (sb. m.): 55 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (as a measure) fistful] // (som målangivelse) nævefuld ‘Torfmenn æyri undir fim hundrat nefa alnar torf’ (RbEM in LundUB Mh 15) onp.ku.dk/o35545 #OldNorse
bjórr (sb. m.): 38 cits, e.g. strong alcoholic beverage (prob. based on honey, more highly valued than ‘mungát’; quotations from Sturlunga saga and Sverris saga suggest an imported product) ‘Lauk Simun mer Karlle i iardar aura s…’ (DN in NRA dipl perg) onp.ku.dk/o8760
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bjórr (sb. m.): 38 cits, e.g. strong alcoholic beverage (prob. based on honey, more highly valued than ‘mungát’; quotations from Sturlunga saga and Sverris saga suggest an imported product) ‘Lauk Simun mer Karlle i iardar aura s…’ (DN in NRA dipl perg) onp.ku.dk/o8760
Yesterday’s #Wordle: missa (vb.): 284 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: DEF. EVT.: to be without (something), to lack (something)] ‘Konungi þótti vel sigrazt hafa ok villdi ei, at ⸢sá misti síns [V: sá sæti sje…’ (Gautr in AM 590 b-c 4°) onp.ku.dk/o54726
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: missa (vb.): 284 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: DEF. EVT.: to be without (something), to lack (something)] ‘Konungi þótti vel sigrazt hafa ok villdi ei, at ⸢sá misti síns [V: sá sæti sje…’ (Gautr in AM 590 b-c 4°) onp.ku.dk/o54726
bókaskref (sb. n.): 1 cits, e.g. book-stand (in the form of a split easel; perhaps designed to be folded up) ‘Hun (N: ɔ: kirkjan) a kaleik oc messuklædi ein oc bokaskref .iij.’ (DI in AM 260 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9833 #OldNorse
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bókaskref (sb. n.): 1 cits, e.g. book-stand (in the form of a split easel; perhaps designed to be folded up) ‘Hun (N: ɔ: kirkjan) a kaleik oc messuklædi ein oc bokaskref .iij.’ (DI in AM 260 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9833 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: leiga (vb.): 87 cits, e.g. have (sth.) on loan ‘þat er mín um mælí. ok gio᷎rd. at torfi greide grimkatli .uȷ́. c. þriggia alna aura. ok leigí uj…’ (Harð in AM 556 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o48607
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: leiga (vb.): 87 cits, e.g. have (sth.) on loan ‘þat er mín um mælí. ok gio᷎rd. at torfi greide grimkatli .uȷ́. c. þriggia alna aura. ok leigí uj…’ (Harð in AM 556 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o48607
vandr (adj.): 97 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: careful, attentive, meticulous] // omhyggelig, påpasselig, nøjeregnende ‘hvgsat hefi ec nackvat fyrir um corncaup þin Asbiornn. eða hverso vandr mantv vera at cavpunautom’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o83956 #OldNorse
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
vandr (adj.): 97 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: careful, attentive, meticulous] // omhyggelig, påpasselig, nøjeregnende ‘hvgsat hefi ec nackvat fyrir um corncaup þin Asbiornn. eða hverso vandr mantv vera at cavpunautom’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o83956 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: tunna (sb. f.): 27 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (as a unit of measurement/space measurement)] // (som målenhed/rummål) ‘v tunnur smœrs’ (DN in AM dipl norv fasc XXXII 1) onp.ku.dk/o81131 #OldNorse
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: tunna (sb. f.): 27 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (as a unit of measurement/space measurement)] // (som målenhed/rummål) ‘v tunnur smœrs’ (DN in AM dipl norv fasc XXXII 1) onp.ku.dk/o81131 #OldNorse
sá (pron. dem.): 2351 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (noun. + adj./pron./num.)] // (substantiv. + adj./pron./num.) ‘ok er Barði þar vm uetrin ok bæði þau. en vm uarit fara þau i braut með allt sitt’ (Heið in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o66014 #OldNorse
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
sá (pron. dem.): 2351 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (noun. + adj./pron./num.)] // (substantiv. + adj./pron./num.) ‘ok er Barði þar vm uetrin ok bæði þau. en vm uarit fara þau i braut með allt sitt’ (Heið in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o66014 #OldNorse
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
dreifa (vb.): 206 cits, e.g. (of people/animals) be dispersed, separate (from one another), be scattered and mixed (with people), leave (in different directions) ‘«Kom þar þad spamans ord framm ... »liosta mun eg hirderenn, enn …’ (ÁBp in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o15133
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
dreifa (vb.): 206 cits, e.g. (of people/animals) be dispersed, separate (from one another), be scattered and mixed (with people), leave (in different directions) ‘«Kom þar þad spamans ord framm ... »liosta mun eg hirderenn, enn …’ (ÁBp in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o15133
Yesterday’s #Wordle: vandi (sb. m.): 101 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: obligation (especially due to kinship/friendship), duty, obligation, bond] ‘giorde huortueggi miken skada ꜳ annars riki. þat leidizt bændum og villdu giora j millum sin betra vanda’ (MH in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o83920
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: vandi (sb. m.): 101 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: obligation (especially due to kinship/friendship), duty, obligation, bond] ‘giorde huortueggi miken skada ꜳ annars riki. þat leidizt bændum og villdu giora j millum sin betra vanda’ (MH in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o83920
deila (sb. f.): 54 cits, e.g. conflict, dissension, strife, dispute, squabble, (violent) argument ‘þaðan af hofuzc ⸢deilur [V: deilldir] meþ þeim. oleifi oc h…’ (Eg in AM 162 A ζ fol) onp.ku.dk/o14269
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
deila (sb. f.): 54 cits, e.g. conflict, dissension, strife, dispute, squabble, (violent) argument ‘þaðan af hofuzc ⸢deilur [V: deilldir] meþ þeim. oleifi oc h…’ (Eg in AM 162 A ζ fol) onp.ku.dk/o14269
Yesterday’s #Wordle: flýja (vb.): 217 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to flee (from/for smb/smbt) (to smb/smbt), to escape (smb/smbt), to run away (from smb/smbt), to leave (smb/smbt)] ‘Ekki hafða ek ætlat at flýja óðul mín’ (Þórð in AM 551 d β 4°) onp.ku.dk/o22179 #OldNorse
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: flýja (vb.): 217 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to flee (from/for smb/smbt) (to smb/smbt), to escape (smb/smbt), to run away (from smb/smbt), to leave (smb/smbt)] ‘Ekki hafða ek ætlat at flýja óðul mín’ (Þórð in AM 551 d β 4°) onp.ku.dk/o22179 #OldNorse
sem (pron. rel.): 2011 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: then, when, just then, just as, all the while, at the same time as, as and when] ‘Sem sumradi redz Þorlꜳkr j skip’ (ÞBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o67887 #OldNorse
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
sem (pron. rel.): 2011 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: then, when, just then, just as, all the while, at the same time as, as and when] ‘Sem sumradi redz Þorlꜳkr j skip’ (ÞBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o67887 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hlǽja (vb.): 100 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to laugh (possibly out loud) at (someone/something), to laugh at (someone/something), to ridicule (someone/something)] ‘Þeir hljópu hjá Ingjaldr ok Óttarr ok hlógu at’ (Ǫrv in Holm perg 7 4°) onp.ku.dk/o35467 #OldNorse
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hlǽja (vb.): 100 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to laugh (possibly out loud) at (someone/something), to laugh at (someone/something), to ridicule (someone/something)] ‘Þeir hljópu hjá Ingjaldr ok Óttarr ok hlógu at’ (Ǫrv in Holm perg 7 4°) onp.ku.dk/o35467 #OldNorse
barnsgrátr (sb. m.): 8 cits, e.g. child’s crying // barnegråd ‘heyrðo þeir barns grat ímo᷎rkina’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o7137 #OldNorse
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
barnsgrátr (sb. m.): 8 cits, e.g. child’s crying // barnegråd ‘heyrðo þeir barns grat ímo᷎rkina’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o7137 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: létti (sb. m.): 46 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: relief, remedy, alleviation, help, support] ‘þá má vera, ⸢at ek verði þèr at nokkru ⸢*liði [E-1: leiti |V-2: at þèr verði nokkurr lètt…’ (Mág in AM 152 fol) onp.ku.dk/o49048
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: létti (sb. m.): 46 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: relief, remedy, alleviation, help, support] ‘þá má vera, ⸢at ek verði þèr at nokkru ⸢*liði [E-1: leiti |V-2: at þèr verði nokkurr lètt…’ (Mág in AM 152 fol) onp.ku.dk/o49048
eiga (vb.): 1411 cits, e.g. have (dealings) with one another, have (an exchange of words), be party to (a transaction/disagreement), be engaged in (fighting), carry out (a fight) with each other, exchange (words, blows) https://onp.ku.dk/o16633 #OldNorse #OldNorse
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
eiga (vb.): 1411 cits, e.g. have (dealings) with one another, have (an exchange of words), be party to (a transaction/disagreement), be engaged in (fighting), carry out (a fight) with each other, exchange (words, blows) https://onp.ku.dk/o16633 #OldNorse #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: vitra (vb.): 103 cits, e.g. // ‘Op þótti Svíum hann vitrask ⸢sér [V: fyrir ser], áðr stórar orrostur yrði’ (Hkr in AM 35, 36 & 63 fol) onp.ku.dk/o88129 #OldNorse
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: vitra (vb.): 103 cits, e.g. // ‘Op þótti Svíum hann vitrask ⸢sér [V: fyrir ser], áðr stórar orrostur yrði’ (Hkr in AM 35, 36 & 63 fol) onp.ku.dk/o88129 #OldNorse
duna (sb. f.): 28 cits, e.g. (pl.) rumbling, crashing, thundering, thumping, reverberation ‘um midnætti heyra þeir hark ok hareysti ok dunur miklar til kofa Petri ... si…’ (Mar in Holm perg 1 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15688
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
duna (sb. f.): 28 cits, e.g. (pl.) rumbling, crashing, thundering, thumping, reverberation ‘um midnætti heyra þeir hark ok hareysti ok dunur miklar til kofa Petri ... si…’ (Mar in Holm perg 1 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15688
Yesterday’s #Wordle: baugr (sb. m.): 88 cits https://onp.ku.dk/o7360 onp.ku.dk/o7360
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: baugr (sb. m.): 88 cits https://onp.ku.dk/o7360 onp.ku.dk/o7360
dǿma (vb.): 438 cits, e.g. judge, pronounce a judgement (on sby) (in a case, concerning sth.), adjudge (an issue), pass judgement/sentence, condemn, give a ruling, reach a verdict ‘(I) ek hefir yðr sannliga flutt, hverjum hæ…’ (GBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16252
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
dǿma (vb.): 438 cits, e.g. judge, pronounce a judgement (on sby) (in a case, concerning sth.), adjudge (an issue), pass judgement/sentence, condemn, give a ruling, reach a verdict ‘(I) ek hefir yðr sannliga flutt, hverjum hæ…’ (GBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16252
Yesterday’s #Wordle: gǫfga (vb.): 66 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: glorify, celebrate] // forherlige, fejre ‘Scalldu gꜵfga alla meɴ. oc gera viþ engi maɴ þat es þér mislícar ef viþ þic es gorᴛ’ (Hóm in Holm perg 15 4°) onp.ku.dk/o30086 #OldNorse
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: gǫfga (vb.): 66 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: glorify, celebrate] // forherlige, fejre ‘Scalldu gꜵfga alla meɴ. oc gera viþ engi maɴ þat es þér mislícar ef viþ þic es gorᴛ’ (Hóm in Holm perg 15 4°) onp.ku.dk/o30086 #OldNorse