Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
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A random word of the day with a defined citation, the previous day’s Wordle solution, plus occasional updates from the editors.
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dauðr (sb. m.): 35 cits, e.g. fiercely, violently // heftigt, voldsomt ‘sva brennr þessi riki maðr til dꜹðs i sinv hiarta, at ...’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o14169 #OldNorse
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM
dauðr (sb. m.): 35 cits, e.g. fiercely, violently // heftigt, voldsomt ‘sva brennr þessi riki maðr til dꜹðs i sinv hiarta, at ...’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o14169 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: fyrna (vb.): 68 cits, e.g. (I) go out of date, become invalid with the passing of time // (I) forældes ‘stendr skuld .xx. vetr eða .xx. vetrum lengr, þá fyrniz sú skuld fyrir váttum’ (Jb in AM 351 fol) onp.ku.dk/o25200 #OldNorse
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: fyrna (vb.): 68 cits, e.g. (I) go out of date, become invalid with the passing of time // (I) forældes ‘stendr skuld .xx. vetr eða .xx. vetrum lengr, þá fyrniz sú skuld fyrir váttum’ (Jb in AM 351 fol) onp.ku.dk/o25200 #OldNorse
blíðr (adj.): 187 cits, e.g. gentle, cheerful, mild, friendly, kind, affectionate, amorous // blid, munter, mild, venlig, hengiven, kærlig ‘konungr tok þa vel orðum Þorolfs. ok gerði sik þa bliðan ok katan’ (Eg in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9173 #OldNorse
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
blíðr (adj.): 187 cits, e.g. gentle, cheerful, mild, friendly, kind, affectionate, amorous // blid, munter, mild, venlig, hengiven, kærlig ‘konungr tok þa vel orðum Þorolfs. ok gerði sik þa bliðan ok katan’ (Eg in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9173 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bjǫrn (sb. m.): 78 cits, e.g. bear, polar bear // bjørn, isbjørn ‘firin nokorom uetrom uaro drepner tueir birnir vid bœ þan er Braar eitir þar a Nesi’ (DN in AM dipl norv fasc LXIV 22) onp.ku.dk/o8831 #OldNorse
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bjǫrn (sb. m.): 78 cits, e.g. bear, polar bear // bjørn, isbjørn ‘firin nokorom uetrom uaro drepner tueir birnir vid bœ þan er Braar eitir þar a Nesi’ (DN in AM dipl norv fasc LXIV 22) onp.ku.dk/o8831 #OldNorse
inn (adv.): 254 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (I) into (a place), towards (something), into (something), through (something)] ‘Drótteɴ váʀ iesus christus var boreɴ i beþleém borg gyþinga ieino húse því er var a meþal tveggia veg…’ (Hóm in Holm perg 15 4°) onp.ku.dk/o40380
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
inn (adv.): 254 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (I) into (a place), towards (something), into (something), through (something)] ‘Drótteɴ váʀ iesus christus var boreɴ i beþleém borg gyþinga ieino húse því er var a meþal tveggia veg…’ (Hóm in Holm perg 15 4°) onp.ku.dk/o40380
January 16, 2026 at 7:33 AM
ganga (vb.): 3457 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to take action, to embark on (something), to give oneself up to (something), to throw oneself into (something), to undertake (something), to take up (something)] https://onp.ku.dk/o25891 #OldNorse #OldNorse
January 15, 2026 at 9:07 AM
ganga (vb.): 3457 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to take action, to embark on (something), to give oneself up to (something), to throw oneself into (something), to undertake (something), to take up (something)] https://onp.ku.dk/o25891 #OldNorse #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: negla (vb.): 35 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to nail (something) firmly (to/on something), to rivet (something) (to something), to nail] ‘allt þat er eigi hefir grꝍyping nomit eða neglt er vndir bita eða bialka’ (Landsl in AM 60 4°) onp.ku.dk/o56816 #OldNorse
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: negla (vb.): 35 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to nail (something) firmly (to/on something), to rivet (something) (to something), to nail] ‘allt þat er eigi hefir grꝍyping nomit eða neglt er vndir bita eða bialka’ (Landsl in AM 60 4°) onp.ku.dk/o56816 #OldNorse
þar (adv.): 1800 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to that, to that time (where), to that result (that)] // dertil, til den tid (hvor), til det resultat (at) ‘nv kemr þar miservm er jarl ferr heiman’ (Jvs in AM 291 4°) onp.ku.dk/o89152 #OldNorse
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
þar (adv.): 1800 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to that, to that time (where), to that result (that)] // dertil, til den tid (hvor), til det resultat (at) ‘nv kemr þar miservm er jarl ferr heiman’ (Jvs in AM 291 4°) onp.ku.dk/o89152 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: prýða (vb.): 91 cits, e.g. // ‘að konur skylldu pryðaz að klæðum en karlar þola eruiði. Ok það enn að aller goðir menn skylldu ... pryðaz mæi með uapna bunaði en að rekku skrꜹ́ti’ (Rómv in AM 595 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o63003 #OldNorse
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: prýða (vb.): 91 cits, e.g. // ‘að konur skylldu pryðaz að klæðum en karlar þola eruiði. Ok það enn að aller goðir menn skylldu ... pryðaz mæi með uapna bunaði en að rekku skrꜹ́ti’ (Rómv in AM 595 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o63003 #OldNorse
einn (num. cardin.): 1544 cits, e.g. (the equivalent of & in conn. with the ordinal numbers annarr, þriði, etc.) one, the one, number one, (I) the first, the first group, the one group/party (as opposed to the other group/party) https://onp.ku.dk/o94119 #OldNorse #OldNorse
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
einn (num. cardin.): 1544 cits, e.g. (the equivalent of & in conn. with the ordinal numbers annarr, þriði, etc.) one, the one, number one, (I) the first, the first group, the one group/party (as opposed to the other group/party) https://onp.ku.dk/o94119 #OldNorse #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: ǫfugr (adj.): 42 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: backwards, moving backwards/sideways, upside down, feet first] ‘stauck hann þꜳ aufugur fram yfer siglu bitann. enn mækerínn kemur suo hart j siglu bitann. at felur bada eggteína’ (Harð in AM 556 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o98639 #OldNorse
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: ǫfugr (adj.): 42 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: backwards, moving backwards/sideways, upside down, feet first] ‘stauck hann þꜳ aufugur fram yfer siglu bitann. enn mækerínn kemur suo hart j siglu bitann. at felur bada eggteína’ (Harð in AM 556 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o98639 #OldNorse
ok (conjunc.): 3268 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: Honestly, you know what, really?] ‘Vtan duo᷎l muntu sia at vid Paulus ervm sann orðir Kristz lærisueinar. en Símon er eigi Kristr. helldr galldr…’ (Pétr in SÁM 1) onp.ku.dk/o59451
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
ok (conjunc.): 3268 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: Honestly, you know what, really?] ‘Vtan duo᷎l muntu sia at vid Paulus ervm sann orðir Kristz lærisueinar. en Símon er eigi Kristr. helldr galldr…’ (Pétr in SÁM 1) onp.ku.dk/o59451
Yesterday’s #Wordle: haust (sb. n.): 54 cits, e.g. (I) autumn season (from the autumn equinox to the winter solstice) ‘fernir imbru dagar. þat er vetrs oc vars sumars o…’ (Hóm in AM 544 4°) onp.ku.dk/o32063
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: haust (sb. n.): 54 cits, e.g. (I) autumn season (from the autumn equinox to the winter solstice) ‘fernir imbru dagar. þat er vetrs oc vars sumars o…’ (Hóm in AM 544 4°) onp.ku.dk/o32063
byrgja (vb.): 216 cits, e.g. confine, pen in, hide, shroud, surround, encompass, envelop, ?cover ‘vitraðiz drottinn Jesus Kristr postolum sinum, þar…’ (Jón in AM 630 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12691
January 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
byrgja (vb.): 216 cits, e.g. confine, pen in, hide, shroud, surround, encompass, envelop, ?cover ‘vitraðiz drottinn Jesus Kristr postolum sinum, þar…’ (Jón in AM 630 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12691
Yesterday’s #Wordle: venja (sb. f.): 77 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: habit, custom, practice, “custom and usage”] // vane, sædvane, praksis, “skik og brug” ‘Þat hafðe veret ⸢venia [V: vandi] enna fyrre konunga’ (Alex in AM 519 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o85686 #OldNorse
January 11, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: venja (sb. f.): 77 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: habit, custom, practice, “custom and usage”] // vane, sædvane, praksis, “skik og brug” ‘Þat hafðe veret ⸢venia [V: vandi] enna fyrre konunga’ (Alex in AM 519 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o85686 #OldNorse
band (sb. n.): 117 cits, e.g. bond, relationship, confederacy, binding agreement, liability ‘þeir raða nu til fasta með ser. at veitaz aller at malinu ... ganga nu siðan i bo…’ (Band in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o6808
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
band (sb. n.): 117 cits, e.g. bond, relationship, confederacy, binding agreement, liability ‘þeir raða nu til fasta með ser. at veitaz aller at malinu ... ganga nu siðan i bo…’ (Band in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o6808
Yesterday’s #Wordle: blíða (sb. f.): 103 cits, e.g. gentleness, kindness, friendliness, devotedness, affection // blidhed, mildhed, venlighed, hengivenhed ‘hefir su miðlan verit gor með kærleic oc bliðu mille brøþra eða annaʀa nascylldra frenda’ (Sv in AM 327 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9141 #OldNorse
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: blíða (sb. f.): 103 cits, e.g. gentleness, kindness, friendliness, devotedness, affection // blidhed, mildhed, venlighed, hengivenhed ‘hefir su miðlan verit gor með kærleic oc bliðu mille brøþra eða annaʀa nascylldra frenda’ (Sv in AM 327 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9141 #OldNorse
bráðvǽnn (adj.): 1 cits, e.g. of early promise (of sth.), promising // som i en ung alder giver forhåbning (om ngt), lovende ‘bernskan brädvæn til þrifa og þroska, enn æskan endist til athuga ok adgiorua’ (ÞBp in AM 379 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10449 #OldNorse
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
bráðvǽnn (adj.): 1 cits, e.g. of early promise (of sth.), promising // som i en ung alder giver forhåbning (om ngt), lovende ‘bernskan brädvæn til þrifa og þroska, enn æskan endist til athuga ok adgiorua’ (ÞBp in AM 379 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10449 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: þekja (vb.): 81 cits, e.g. // ‘Æystæin kæyti af Erlingi halfa stofona a Lomæim meder ollum vtsolum so sem hon stod at forno meder tupt ok kialara ok væit or at grafa ok yuir at þæikia so sem ader var’ (DN in NRA dipl perg) onp.ku.dk/o89302 #OldNorse
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: þekja (vb.): 81 cits, e.g. // ‘Æystæin kæyti af Erlingi halfa stofona a Lomæim meder ollum vtsolum so sem hon stod at forno meder tupt ok kialara ok væit or at grafa ok yuir at þæikia so sem ader var’ (DN in NRA dipl perg) onp.ku.dk/o89302 #OldNorse
hvargi (adv.): 49 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: in each case, every time] ‘En hvergi sem hann var mæddr af vanheilsu edr af ꜳhyggiu, þa var þo su stund eingi, at eigi hefdiz hann þat no᷎cku…’ (Greg in Holm perg 2 fol) onp.ku.dk/o38321
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
hvargi (adv.): 49 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: in each case, every time] ‘En hvergi sem hann var mæddr af vanheilsu edr af ꜳhyggiu, þa var þo su stund eingi, at eigi hefdiz hann þat no᷎cku…’ (Greg in Holm perg 2 fol) onp.ku.dk/o38321
Yesterday’s #Wordle: gnǿgð (sb. f.): 30 cits, e.g. plenty, abundance // rigelighed, overflod ‘hittum ver sva mikla gezkunnar ⸢nægd [V: gnægð]’ (VP in AM 225 fol) onp.ku.dk/o27899 #OldNorse
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: gnǿgð (sb. f.): 30 cits, e.g. plenty, abundance // rigelighed, overflod ‘hittum ver sva mikla gezkunnar ⸢nægd [V: gnægð]’ (VP in AM 225 fol) onp.ku.dk/o27899 #OldNorse
byggð (sb. f.): 286 cits, e.g. (I) farm, property, building, settlement, dwelling, lair, den, abode, taking up residence, living and farming ‘(I) Er þar viþa siþan callat ⸢Olafsbvdir [V: olafs bygþir eða Olafs vellir eða bvþir…’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12530
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
byggð (sb. f.): 286 cits, e.g. (I) farm, property, building, settlement, dwelling, lair, den, abode, taking up residence, living and farming ‘(I) Er þar viþa siþan callat ⸢Olafsbvdir [V: olafs bygþir eða Olafs vellir eða bvþir…’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12530
Yesterday’s #Wordle: frǿði (sb. n.): 32 cits, e.g. knowledge (in general), teaching, lore, spells // viden/lærdom (om trolddom/traditioner) ‘kenndi halldis fostra min. mer a. islanndi. þat frædi er hun kalladi vard lokr’ (Eir in AM 557 4°) onp.ku.dk/o24338 #OldNorse
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: frǿði (sb. n.): 32 cits, e.g. knowledge (in general), teaching, lore, spells // viden/lærdom (om trolddom/traditioner) ‘kenndi halldis fostra min. mer a. islanndi. þat frædi er hun kalladi vard lokr’ (Eir in AM 557 4°) onp.ku.dk/o24338 #OldNorse
byskup (sb. m.): 468 cits, e.g. bishop, ecclesiastical leader (in the Christian Church) ‘manadagh þa lofar biskup monnum at skafa firir naut sin oc heim reiða ef aðr …’ (FrostKr in AM 60 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12751
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
byskup (sb. m.): 468 cits, e.g. bishop, ecclesiastical leader (in the Christian Church) ‘manadagh þa lofar biskup monnum at skafa firir naut sin oc heim reiða ef aðr …’ (FrostKr in AM 60 4°) onp.ku.dk/o12751