fol-almennlig-myrk
light-regular-dark
grøn - green ▉▉▉
turkis - turquoise ▉▉▉
blå - blue ▉▉▉
lille - purple ▉▉▉ also: fjolett, purple
rose - pink ▉▉▉
røþ - red ▉▉▉
gul - yellow ▉▉▉
brandgul - orange ▉▉▉
brun - brown ▉▉▉
grå - gray ▉▉▉
svart - black ▉▉▉
hvit - white ▉▉▉

en - one
tve - two
þri - three
fjore - four
fim - five
seks - six
sjø - seven
åtte - eight
njo - nine
tjo - ten
ellefe - eleven
tolf - twelve
þretån - thirteen
fjortån - fourteen
fimtån - fifteen
sekstån - sixteen
sjøtån - seventeen
åtjån - eighteen
nitjån - nineteen
tjuge - twenty
tvitjån ok en - twenty-one
þritige - thirty
fjortige - fourty
fimtige - fifty
sekstige - sixty
sjøtige - seventy
åttetige - eighty
njotige - ninety
hundreþ - hundred
en hundreþ tvitjån ok en - one hundred twenty and one
fjore hundreþer - four hundred
þusend - thousand
miljon - million
biljon - billion

ORDINAL & ADVERBIAL
number + þe
en gång - once
tvisver - twice
þrisver - thrice
fjorþe - fourth
fimþe - fifth
sekste - sixth
sjøþe - seventh
åþ - eighth
njoþe

MULTIPLICATIVE
number + fald
enfald - onefold
tvifalder - twofold
þrifalder - threefold
fjortigefalder forty-fold

COLLECTIVE
en - one
båþe - both
flera - several
alla - all

FRACTIONAL
number + þe
hel - whole
half - half
þriþe - third
fjorþe - fourth

god morgen - good morning
god middag - good afternoon
god kveld - good evening
god nått - good night

blessedt - hello (high-formality)
hej - hello, hi (mid-formality)
hallå - hello (mid-formality)
sæll - hello, cheers (lower-formality); used on phone calls and when briefly passing someone

þu ert velkom - welcome (more formal)
velkomrest - welcome (less formal)

farvel - farewell (high-formality)
hej þå - goodbye (mid-formality)
adje - adieu/adíos (mid-formality)
heff þet god - have it good (lower-formality)
hjå contraction of hej þå[/b] (lower-formality)

meþ snjallhet - please; "with kindness", used as a tag before or after requests

þokk - thank you, you're welcome (more formal)
þakke - thank you, you're welcome (less formal); clipping of "Jek takker þik"
enga problemer - no problem (least formal)

fyregef mik - forgive me (high-formality)
afsak mik - excuse me (mid-formal)
pardon - (lower-formality); may be used if you bump into someone, etc.

QUESTIONS
hjelper þu meþ...? - could you help with...?
hvar er/eru...? - where is/are...?
hvat koster þet? - what does it cost?

hvar mår þu? - how are you?
hvar heff þu þet - how's it going?

ANSWERS
ja - yes
jo - yes; used to contradict a negative statement (you are not going?)
jep - yep, yeah (less formal)

nej - no
nep - nope (less formal)

jek em vel - I'm well

all i lag - all in order, alright

af- - of, off, down, from
an(d)- - against, towards
bak- - back, behind
be- - forms verbs from adjectives with the meaning "making" like English "-ify"
o- - un-, not
on- - un-, not

engångs- - disposable, throw away, one-use
fyr- - fore, before, in front; also an intensifier
gamell- - old
gør- - very
half - half, semi-
hofuþ- - main; sometimes spelt 'hofut' or 'hofud'
joten- - very, giant, a lot
om- - re-, to redo

kunst- - artificial
kontra- - contary, contra-, counter-
kvasi- - quasi
miþ- - mid-, middle
riks- - national
sam- - same, together, co-,
yfer- - over-

-ere - -er, comparative marker
-est - -est, superlative marker
-st - -est, superlative marker
-åþ - creates adjectives from nouns meaning "-having" (hjalmåþ = helmet-having)
-bo - put in front of a city to denote a resident

-e - infinitive marker, makes verbs from nouns
-edt/-t - forms adjectives from nouns, past participle
-ande - -ing, present participle and gerund suffix
-est - passive verb marker
-er - -er, makes an agent noun
-ator -er, makes an agent noun
-full - -ful, full

-else - creates nouns from verbs
-lig - -like, forms adjectives from nouns
-ig - -y, forms adjectives from nouns
-isk - -ish, makes an adjective pertaining to the noun; also '-sk'
-sam - -some, creates adjectives
-inn - creates adjectives from nouns and verbs meaning "made from" or "prone to"
-vis - -wise, creates adverbs out of adjectives and nouns
-t - creates adverbs from adjectives

-inn - definite article marker
-løs - -less, lack of
-kund - -born, of a disposition
-ling - forms diminutives of nouns
-ynje - feminine marker

en - a, an, indefinite article
-inn - the, singular definite article (suffix)

þet - that, it, singular definite article used before adjective(s) proceeding a noun (along with suffix)
þej - they, plural definite article

þesse - this
þesser - these

få - few, not many
flera - several, multiple, many
flersta - most

litell - little
minne - smaller, lesser
minnst - smallest, least

mikell - much; often used as a noun
manga - many
mer - more
mest - most

COORDINATING
fyre - for
ok - and; also, 'åg' in less formal circumstances
men - but
eller - or; 'eþe' dialectal
nej eller - nor
ne - nor
enn - yet, still, than
svå - so

þeger - when, while, whilst

CORRELATIVE
anner hvar...eller... - either...or...; 'eþe' instead of 'eller' dialectal
hvarge...ne... - neither...nor...
båþe...ok... - both..and...
ekke bare...uten like... - not only...but also...

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aller - everybody
enge - nobody

NOUNS
ofund - envy
åst - love
gleþe - joy
heþ - honor, worth
kær - care, "dear" (term of endearment
kærlighet - affection, love
kåt - jolly, glad, cheerful, lustful
søtling - "sweet" (term of endearment)
ynde - grace, delight, happiness, bliss
ynnest - goodwill, benefit, treat

marriage
giftermål - a marriage
hy - a marriage

ADJECTIVES
fager - fair, beautiful
finn - fine
heþlig - handsome
kærlig - loving, affectionate, dear
smukk - handsome (informal)
snøgg - handsome, clean
søt - sweet, cute, dear
vakker - beautiful, valiant, brave, watchful, alert
yndig - lovely, charmly, beautiful
gift - to be married; poison, venom

NOUNS
tro - religion, faith
trohet - truth

ADJECTIVES
dygg - true, loyal
holl - loyal, faithful, good, wholesome, healthy
tro - true
trygg - loyal, faithful, trusted, safe

NOUNS
ætt - extended family, family (biology)
hus - house, immediate family
kind - kind, sort, race, creature, being
knekt - boy, lad, squire, jack (playing cards)
kong - king
konung - king (formal)
kun - sex (gender), genitalia, sex organ
kunde - customer
kunskap - knowledge
kunst - art, artistry, skill, trade, trick, invention
kyn - kin, family, clan
þjoþ - tribe, people, ethnicity, race
slekt - family, lineage, people, relations
stam - trunk, log, stem, origin, stock, ancestry, tribe

ADJECTIVES
kannig - cunning, canny, intelligent

NOUNS
mann - a person (regardless of gender), degree of relationship
folk - people
kynsloþ - a generation

hetje - a leader
riker - ruler

men
barnekarl - a child's friend, a childhood friend
frikarl - a male citizen, a freeman (historical)
heljerkarl - someone who is doomed to die
horkarl - a male adulterer
hrenkarl - a male virgin
husbonde - a husband, a father, the paterfamilias
karl - a man
karlkun - the male sex
karlmann - a man, a male
þorpkarl - a free peasant (historical), a laborer, a surly person, a miser

women
brudkone - a bridesmaid
horkone - a female adulterer
hrenkone - a female virgin
kerling - an old woman
kerlingeville - an old woman's tale
kone - a woman, a wife
kvenkun - the female sex
kvenmann - a woman, a female
kvenne - a woman
vinkone - a female friend

groups
gæng - a gang, team, or group
hjun - a married couple

hofud - head

øge - eye
tunge - tongue
tonn - tooth

arm - arm
oksel - shoulder, ridge (on a mountain)

hand - hand
mund - hand (poetic)
finger - finger

fot - foot

dyr - animal/animals

DOGS
hund - a dog
bikkje - a female dog
rakke - a dog (informal); a dog who likes to lie down or sleep, from verb 'rekje' (to stretch, to unravel)

HORSES
hross - a horse
hest - a horse, a knight (chess)
mar - a horse (typically male)
gelding - a castrated male horse
jor - a uncastrated male horse
mer - a mare, mature female horse
stoþ - a mare, mature female horse
fyl - a foal, young horse
springer - a horse for riding, a knight (chess)
drager - a dray horse, a work/cart horse
trunte - an old horse

WILD ANIMALS
bjorn - a bear
birner - bears
hjort - a deer
hirter - deer
elg - moose

ulf - wolf
ulfer - wolves
hren - reindeer
rå - roe deer
fogel - a bird
fogler - birds

FARM ANIMALS
ko - a cow
so - a sow, a female pig

NOUNS
hem - a home
ham - a small village, an estate
rann - house, home (poetic)
hus - a house, immediate family
hyske - a household, a family
hybyle - dwelling (of or for a family), a clan's ancestral seat

hyrþ - council of one's family
hju - a servant (usually one within a house)

sæng - a bed

borþ - a table

gått - a doorway
dyrr - a door

arin - a fireplace
eldstaþ - a fireplace
hloþ - a fireplace

ADJECTIVES
hykund - domestic, relating to a family

Goþ - God (in the Abrahamic religions)
åss - a god
åsynje - a goddess
æser - gods

NOUNS
minne - a memory, a toast, a keepsake, a memento, a souvenir, a thing which matters
ro - calmness, rest (state of inner peace)

NOUNS
song - a song
strof - a stanza
vers - a verse

NOUNS
vaten - water

flo - rainshower

floþ - river
elf - river (particularly one in the mountains)
å - creek
bekk - brook, beck, creek
strøm - stream; the tide; current, power (electricity); race (rare)

flø - flow, flux, high tide
yferflø - flood; overflow; abundance

ADJECTIVES
våt - wet

NOUNS
land - land
ø - an island

skog - a forest
fyre - a pine forest

berg - a mountain
fjell - a mountain
oksel - shoulder, ridge (on a mountain)
hog - a hill
hoj - a hill
hliþ - a slope, a mountainside slope, an area of sloping forest or meadow

vik - a bay, an inlet

lo - leigh, field, meadow
fonn - snowdrift

strand - beach, riverbank
sand - sand

hette - heat

ADJECTIVES
het - hot
varm - warm
kald - cold

NOUNS
ferþ - a journey, a travel, conduct, behavior

gång - path, trail, narrow road, hallway; stride, gait; a race, act of walking; (number of) times
ingång - entrance
utgång - exit, finishing move (in playing cards, games)
afgång - act of leaving, departure, resignation
tilgång - supply, access, resource, asset

ADJECTIVES
gengt - passable, ambulant, able to be walked on

NOUNS
norþ - north
suð - south
øst - east
vest - west

hinderland - inland, unexplored land, rural land

ADVERBS
norþrøn - northern
norþen - from the north
suþrøn - southern
sunnen - from the south
østrøn - eastern
østen - from the east
vestrøn - western
vesten - from the west

i - in
inn - into
innen - within, inside
inne - inside, within

niþ - down, under
niþer - down, under

hinn - yon, the other one
hinder - yonder, behind, obstacle, hindrance

fram - forward
lengre - farther

ler - or; from 'eller'
þar - it is; from 'þet er'
dan - the day; from 'daginn'
stan - "the town", a locally important town/city; from 'stadinn'

tja - sure (expression of doubt); form of 'ja'
hjå - bye; from 'hej þå'
gonått - goodnight; from 'god nått'
hvadå - what's going on?; from 'hvat þå'
vekke - don't know; from 'vete ekke'

Om nefner þu trollinn, kamm ham til gårdinn. - If you mention the troll, he'll come to the yard.
Nu skam geng på tur land. - Now shame goes upon dry land.
Þer ero ugler i mosenn. - There are owls in the bog.
Skrif þet bakom þin øre. - Write it behind your ear.
Drag til skoginn. - Go to the forest.
Þet gekk til getinn. - It went to the goat.
En gång mer fyre Prins Ingolf. - One more time for Prince Ingolf.
Vaten rinner ut þina ører. - Water runs out your ears.

grin - a grin, a smile; a laugh
gren - a branch, a head/point; a subject, a field
grof - a grave, a trench
groft - the act of digging, the act of engraving; a burial; remains dug up from a grave
gref - a noble title below jarl and above friherre/landmann

kanske - perhaps, maybe
meske - perhaps, maybe
kanhende - perhaps, maybe
mehende - perhaps, maybe
megin - might, power, strength; the main part of something
omege - a minor, a child; to be incapable, to be helpless
mogelig - possibly

gagen - gain, benefit
gagenlig - graceful, tactful; kindly, gracious; proper; gainly
gynnsam - fortunate, gainsome
gunst - favor

sage - story, history, legend, epic, saga; fairy tale
sogen - the act of storytelling, a verb, a saying, a bid (in cards)

sått - a settlement, reconciliation; having quarreled (adjective)
såttmål - an agreement, a covenant, a treaty

sege - a warrior, a retainer; a hero, a man
sak - a thing, individual item; a legal dispute; sake, fault
siger - victory
sekk - a sack, a large bag

uppgift - task, responsibility; exercise, practicing material; piece of information

nær - near, towards, nigh, in vicinity of, conforming with, when (conj)
nære - to near; to get close

nu - now
ny - new, fresh, recent

nød - a need; trouble, distress; a famine
nå - a corpse

huskarl - a retainer, a retainer within one's household
hyrdmann - a retainer

siþen - since
ørlog - fate
varle - barely
fær - able
of - too
otte - awe
konfundredt - bewildered
enn - yet, even, still, no matter
ekke uten - only
nokken - any, anybody, some [nokkra]
þå - seeing that, then
hvøt - an urge
voþve - muscle, calf (of the leg)
nåþ - mercy, peace, grace
svang - slender, slim, thin,
solten - hungry, dead (poetic)
at fare ... - about to
gamell - old (ellre - elder/ellst - eldest)
mar - sea
kokk - cook
gate - street, road
dyr - door
steg - a step (on a ladder or stairs)
verþ - worth, worthy
sløm - bad
flokk - flock, sort
þegger - when (not in questions)
þermot - however (there-against)
þo - though
meþ - with
meþen - whilst
men - but
meþel - amongst; means; medicine
i meþeltid - meanwhile
stundem - sometimes
løngem - oftentimes
hvørem - when (not in questions)
ok - and
oksvå - also
tillike - also
ennig - moreover, furthermore (usually referring to just one more thing)
þetutem - on top of that (slightly informal)
þeryfer - thereover, furthermore
viþere - more than that (slightly informal)
skap - mood, temper
ill - bad, sore, angry, wroth,
þung - heavy, difficult, hard
fot - foot
føt - feet
nåje - to near
borþ - board
stempel - stamp
topp - top
frentisk - frenzied
ton - tone
sann - true
gørþ - makeup, constitution
syp - soup
egg - egg
rekning - arithmetic
tjo - ten
þvi
minne - minor
sjålfer - selves
upplysing - information
vare - a good
beste - best
safen - collection
almennt - in general
olje - oil
papper - paper
mapp - folder
hljuþ - silence
mål - language, matters, affairs, cause, deals
engel - angel
synd - sin
spå - prophecy, medical prognosis, weather prediction
mæ - virgin
svefen - sleep

hring - a ring (jewelry and otherwise), a circle, a hoop, a lap (around a track)

nå - well

þer - there
bref - a letter
starf - work
handel - trade, commerce
spegell - mirror, reflection
stjorn - government, governance, control
stjornmål - politics
vånd - evil
sjuk - sick, ill, disturbed, unhealthy, in bad taste
tif - ticking, process of ticking, liveliness

orsøk - a cause, a reason

arm - destitute, poor

meþen - meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
stjarne - a star
samen - together
prest - priest
hå - high
þannig (look at)
spåmann - a prophet
alls ekke - not at all, by no means
minnst - least
rik - rich
samle - to gather
rett - a right, a law
rett - right, correct, exact, precise
rett - rightly, correctly, exactly, precisely
syn - sight
skatt - treasure
gjof - a gift, a present
annen - other
leþ - route

å løn - in secret, secretly
å meþen - during
å veg - away
å unden - ahead

vandræþe - a difficulty, a trouble
ræþe - a speech, an address
vand - difficult, requiring pain or care
spurning - a question
øglysing - commercial

alþjoþlig - internationally (regarding ethnic groups)
alriklig - internationally (regarding people)
tal - a talk, a parley, a conversation, a speech, a language, a tale, a number, an enumeration, a list, series
fyrehet - forenamed, promised
fjande - an enemy, the devil
felttog - a campaign
felþ - a field
tog - a procession, a parade, a train
skurþ - the act of cutting something, a cut, a wound, an incision, a ditch, a canal, an operation
skurþgoþ - an idol
mis- - mis-
handle - to shop, to buy, to use, to deal with (used with 'om')
ur - out of, from, made out of, beyond, utterly
siþe - a side, a page
orþ - a word
boþ - an offer, an invitation, an order, a command
botorþ - a commandment
like - a likeness, an image
bilæte - an image
þing - an assembly, a meeting, a gathering, a parliament
himen - the sky, the heavens
rike - a country
himnerike - Heaven, Paradise
neþen - beneath, below
under - beneath, under
åþ - already, heretofore, before (in time), until
hver - who, whatever, each, every
ofundsjuk - jealous
misgerning - a misdeed, iniquity
gerning - a deed, an act, an action, a work, a mission, a task
hate - to hate
hegome - vanity
sekt - guilt
skuld - guilt, a debt, an obligation
kyr - still, quiet, at rest, gentle
verk - work, chores, creation, doings, composition