Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
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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
búimaðr (sb. m.): 4 cits, e.g. person from the neighbourhood, visitor // person fra nabolaget, besøgende ‘Lodinn ... hafde þa af hende greitt farangr bui manna’ (Fbr in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12117 #OldNorse
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
búimaðr (sb. m.): 4 cits, e.g. person from the neighbourhood, visitor // person fra nabolaget, besøgende ‘Lodinn ... hafde þa af hende greitt farangr bui manna’ (Fbr in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12117 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: slíta (vb.): 291 cits, e.g. // ‘taka þau tal milli sín ok tala þann dag allan ... áðr þau sliti talinu, er til heimtr Egill ok Hǫskuldr’ (Laxd in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o72780 #OldNorse
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: slíta (vb.): 291 cits, e.g. // ‘taka þau tal milli sín ok tala þann dag allan ... áðr þau sliti talinu, er til heimtr Egill ok Hǫskuldr’ (Laxd in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o72780 #OldNorse
einþykki (sb. n.): 2 cits, e.g. wilfulness // egenrådighed ‘af sino ⸢einrædi [V: einþycki oc siergiædi]’ ( in ) onp.ku.dk/o17258 #OldNorse
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
einþykki (sb. n.): 2 cits, e.g. wilfulness // egenrådighed ‘af sino ⸢einrædi [V: einþycki oc siergiædi]’ ( in ) onp.ku.dk/o17258 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bogna (vb.): 37 cits, e.g. become bent, bend, crouch, buckle (at the knees), become crooked // bøjes, bøje sig, gå/synke i knæ, krummes ‘festi huor sitt spiott ij annars skilldi suo hart ath steinngurnar bo᷎gnudu’ (Hect in AM 152 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9774 #OldNorse
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bogna (vb.): 37 cits, e.g. become bent, bend, crouch, buckle (at the knees), become crooked // bøjes, bøje sig, gå/synke i knæ, krummes ‘festi huor sitt spiott ij annars skilldi suo hart ath steinngurnar bo᷎gnudu’ (Hect in AM 152 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9774 #OldNorse
byskupskosningr (sb. m.): 11 cits, e.g. election of a bishop // valg af biskop ‘War þar rætt wm byskupskosningh til eʀkibyskups; war mest til nefnndr Eiʀekr byskup’ (Sv in AM 81 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o12835 #OldNorse
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
byskupskosningr (sb. m.): 11 cits, e.g. election of a bishop // valg af biskop ‘War þar rætt wm byskupskosningh til eʀkibyskups; war mest til nefnndr Eiʀekr byskup’ (Sv in AM 81 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o12835 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: leggr (sb. m.): 72 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: metal pipe, pipe (cf. ODS ¹Pipe)] ‘Vidcuðr hafði sviðv oc silfri recinn leggrinn oc allra vapna bitraz, iarni vafit scaptit ... lagdi Vidcuðr til …’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o48446
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: leggr (sb. m.): 72 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: metal pipe, pipe (cf. ODS ¹Pipe)] ‘Vidcuðr hafði sviðv oc silfri recinn leggrinn oc allra vapna bitraz, iarni vafit scaptit ... lagdi Vidcuðr til …’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o48446
dyristafr (sb. m.): 13 cits, e.g. doorpost // dørstolpe ‘skal drottinn hans færa hann gudi. ok vit mun hann leggiazt vit dyr ok dyristafi’ (Stj in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16110 #OldNorse
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
dyristafr (sb. m.): 13 cits, e.g. doorpost // dørstolpe ‘skal drottinn hans færa hann gudi. ok vit mun hann leggiazt vit dyr ok dyristafi’ (Stj in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16110 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: galdr (sb. m.): 77 cits, e.g. sorcerous incantation, magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft, magic // besværgelse, trolddom, heksekraft, magi ‘galdrar ykkrir ok forneskja hafa drepit Gretti, þó at þér bærið járn á hann dauðvána’ (Gr in AM 551 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o25700 #OldNorse
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: galdr (sb. m.): 77 cits, e.g. sorcerous incantation, magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft, magic // besværgelse, trolddom, heksekraft, magi ‘galdrar ykkrir ok forneskja hafa drepit Gretti, þó at þér bærið járn á hann dauðvána’ (Gr in AM 551 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o25700 #OldNorse
bóndasveit (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. band of farmers // skare af bønder, bondeflok ‘Skrǫggr lǫgmaðr sat á annan bekk ok bœndasveitin með honum’ (EgÁsm in AM 343 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10023 #OldNorse
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
bóndasveit (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. band of farmers // skare af bønder, bondeflok ‘Skrǫggr lǫgmaðr sat á annan bekk ok bœndasveitin með honum’ (EgÁsm in AM 343 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10023 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: flǿja (vb.): 66 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to flee (from sb/sth) (to sb), to escape (sb), to run away (from sb/sth), to leave (sb/sth)] ‘þa ⸢flꝍðv [V: flydu] allir vestr til Hofða breckv’ (Ldn in AM 371 4°) onp.ku.dk/o22269 #OldNorse
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: flǿja (vb.): 66 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to flee (from sb/sth) (to sb), to escape (sb), to run away (from sb/sth), to leave (sb/sth)] ‘þa ⸢flꝍðv [V: flydu] allir vestr til Hofða breckv’ (Ldn in AM 371 4°) onp.ku.dk/o22269 #OldNorse
eftirmǽling (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. subsequent prosecution/claim ‘þui gefur ek honum ok hans epterkomanda kuitta ok akærvlausa ꜳ mins herra konungsens vegna fyrer fyrnefndan skatt ok uad…’ (DI in AM dipl isl apogr 975) onp.ku.dk/o94111
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
eftirmǽling (sb. f.): 1 cits, e.g. subsequent prosecution/claim ‘þui gefur ek honum ok hans epterkomanda kuitta ok akærvlausa ꜳ mins herra konungsens vegna fyrer fyrnefndan skatt ok uad…’ (DI in AM dipl isl apogr 975) onp.ku.dk/o94111
Yesterday’s #Wordle: svipr (sb. m.): 27 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (heiti; too noisy)] // (heiti; for larm) ‘(I) Heitir ok ravdd, hliomr, rómr, omvn, þytr, gavll, gnyr, glymr, þrýmr, rýmr, brak, svipr, svipvn, gangr’ (SnE in GKS 2367 4°) onp.ku.dk/o77892 #OldNorse
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: svipr (sb. m.): 27 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (heiti; too noisy)] // (heiti; for larm) ‘(I) Heitir ok ravdd, hliomr, rómr, omvn, þytr, gavll, gnyr, glymr, þrýmr, rýmr, brak, svipr, svipvn, gangr’ (SnE in GKS 2367 4°) onp.ku.dk/o77892 #OldNorse
dugnaðarvápn (sb. n.): 2 cits, e.g. weapon of virtue // dydens våben ‘Hlif þu ambattum þinum með þessum dugnaðarvapnum (N: ɔ: bǿnum ok kenningum)’ (Mth in AM 630 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15613 #OldNorse
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
dugnaðarvápn (sb. n.): 2 cits, e.g. weapon of virtue // dydens våben ‘Hlif þu ambattum þinum með þessum dugnaðarvapnum (N: ɔ: bǿnum ok kenningum)’ (Mth in AM 630 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15613 #OldNorse