Ancient Scandinavian Elements

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

agi Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "awe, terror".

akr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "field".

ala 1 Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian
Germanic element meaning "all".

alfr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "elf".

almr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

alu Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "defense, protection, luck".

anu 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "ancestor, father".

ari 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "eagle".

arn Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "eagle".

arr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "warrior", from Proto-Norse *harjaz "leader of an army".

áss Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "god, Æsir".

aðal Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "noble".

austr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "east".

auðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "wealth, fortune".

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

bakari Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

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

baðu Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "battle".

bekkr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

berg 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "protection, help".

berg 2 Old High German, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "mountain".

bjǫrg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "help, save, rescue".

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

bjǫrn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "bear".

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

borg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "fortification, castle".

bót Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "remedy".

brandr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "sword" or "fire".

bryn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "armour, protection".

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

dagr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "day".

dallr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "glowing, shining".

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

dammr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

dani Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

dís Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "goddess".

egg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".

ei 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "ever, always".

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

ein Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "one, alone".

eldr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

eng Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

ey Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning either "island" (from Proto-Norse *aiwo) or "good fortune" (from Proto-Norse *auja).

falki Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "falcon".

fastr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "firm".

finnr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "Sámi, person from Finland".

fiskr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "fish".

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

folk Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "people".

fors Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".

fríðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "beautiful, beloved".

friðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "peace, love".

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

garðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "enclosure".

gautr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "Geat, Goth", referring to the Germanic tribes.

geirr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "spear".

gísl Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".

gnýr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "noise, grumble, murmur".

grein Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "branch".

grímr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mask".

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

gunnr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "war".

guð Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "god".

há Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "high", or possibly "horse".

hag Ancient Scandinavian
Old High German word meaning "enclosure".

hagi Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".

hallr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "rock".

harðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "brave, hardy".

haugr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "hill".

heimr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "home".

heiðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "bright, clear".

herr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "army".

hildr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "battle".

hjalmr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "helmet".

hjǫrr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "sword".

hjǫrtr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "hart, male deer".

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

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

holmr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "small island".

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

horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "horn".

hrafn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "raven".

hreiðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "nest, home".

hróðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "fame".

hugr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mind, thought".

hvítr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "white".

jarl Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse noble title.

jór Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "horse".

jǫrmun Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "great, large".

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

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

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

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

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

konr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "son, descendant".

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

land Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Scandinavian
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "land".

langr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "long".

lauf Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "leaf".

laug Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element possibly meaning "betrothed woman".

leifr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "descendant, heir, heritage".

leikr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "play".

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

ljótr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "light".

lundr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "grove".

lyng Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "heather".

mær 2 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "maid".

mærr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "famous".

magn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mighty, strong".

maðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "man".

merki Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "border, boundary".

mið Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "middle".

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

móðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mind, mood".

mundr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "protection".

mylna Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "mill".

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

niðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "down".

norðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "north".

nýr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "new".

oddr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "point (of a sword)".

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

píli Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

rand Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian
Germanic element meaning "rim (of a shield)".

ráð Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "advice, counsel".

regin Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "advice, counsel".

ríkr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mighty, rich" or "ruler".

ríða Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "to ride".

rún Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "secret lore".

ruð Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "clearing".

sær Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

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

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

sandr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

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

sigr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "victory".

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

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

ský Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

sól Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "sun".

stafr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "staff".

stakkr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".

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

steinn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "stone".

stormr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "storm".

straumr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

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

sund Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "strait".

suðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "south".

svanr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "swan".

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

svíar Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "Swede".

þjófr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "thief".

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

þorp Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "village".

topt Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "homestead".

úlfr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "wolf".

unna Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "love".

unnr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "to wave, to billow".

valdr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "power, leader, ruler".

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

valr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "the dead (of battle)".

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

varr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "vigilant, cautious".

varðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "guard, guardian".

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

veig Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element possibly meaning "strength".

vér 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "warrior, fighter".

vér 2 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "holy man".

vestr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "west".

ví Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "holy, priest".

víg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "war, battle".

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

vindr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element possibly meaning "victor".

vinr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "friend".

vintr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "winter".

víðir Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

víðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "wide, large".

viðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "tree, wood".

vizkr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "wise".

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

vǫr Ancient Scandinavian
Feminine form of varr.

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

yr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "yew, bow".