Old Norse Elements

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

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

akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".

ala 1 Ancient Germanic, Old Norse
Germanic element meaning "all".

alfr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "elf".

almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

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

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

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

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

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

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

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "noble".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

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

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

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

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

baðu Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "battle".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

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

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

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

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

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "bear".

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

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

bót Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "remedy".

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

bryn 1 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "armour, protection".

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

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "day".

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

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

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

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

dís Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "goddess".

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

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

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

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

eldr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

eng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

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

falki Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "falcon".

fastr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "firm".

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

fiskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fish".

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

folk Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "people".

fors Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".

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

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

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

garðr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "enclosure".

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

geirr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "spear".

gipt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "gift".

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

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

góðr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "good".

grein Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "branch".

grímr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "mask".

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

gunnr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "war".

guð Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "god".

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

hag Old Norse
Old High German word meaning "enclosure".

hagi 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".

hallr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "rock".

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

haugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hill".

heimr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "home".

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

herr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "army".

hildr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "battle".

hjalmr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "helmet".

hjǫrr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "sword".

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

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

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

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

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

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

hrafn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "raven".

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

hróðr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "fame".

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

hvítr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "white".

jarl Old Norse
Old Norse noble title.

jór Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "horse".

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

karl Ancient Germanic, Old Norse
Germanic and Old Norse element meaning "man".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

langr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "long".

lauf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "leaf".

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

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

leikr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "play".

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

ljótr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "light".

lundr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "grove".

lyng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heather".

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

mærr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "famous".

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

maðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "man".

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

mið Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "middle".

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

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

mundr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "protection".

mylna Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mill".

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

niðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "down".

norðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "north".

nýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "new".

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

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

píli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

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

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

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

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

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

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

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

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "clearing".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

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

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

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

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

sigr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "victory".

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

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

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "sun".

stafr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "staff".

stakkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".

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

steinn Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "stone".

stormr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "storm".

straumr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

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

sund Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strait".

suðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "south".

svanr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "swan".

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

svíar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Swede".

þjófr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thief".

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

þorp Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "village".

topt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "homestead".

úlfr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "wolf".

unna Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "love".

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

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

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

valr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".

vangr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

vestr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "west".

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

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

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

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

vinr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "friend".

vintr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "winter".

víðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

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

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

vizkr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "wise".

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

vǫr Old Norse
Feminine form of varr.

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

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