OLD NORSE GLOSSARY

alf: elf

bjór: fermented cider

borg: height

byrnja: shirt of mail

Dan: Danish

djúpauðga: deep-minded

draug: ghost

dreng: king’s aide, usually young

dróttinn: military leader

feræring: fishing boat

fuðflogi: homosexual man

Heiðabý: Hedeby

hempægar: king’s personal fighting men

hild: battle

hjálm: iron helmet

høggorm: serpent

hval: whale

Kristinn: Christian

Írland: Ireland

Ísland: Iceland

járnbrák: iron slick

krage: tree-trunk ladder

magri: lean

melrakki: white fox

mjøð: mead

Nóreg: Norway

øg: terror

pái: peacock

papi: hermit; monk

rauði: red

sefask: be calmed

sjøvættir: sea spirits

skald: bard

þegn: king’s aide, usually old

þing: assembly

tordýfill: dung beetle

valsham: hawk-plumage cloak