Villdjuranamn
Listi øver villdjuranamn (List of Wild animal names)
ON = Old Norse
akermus nf vole (Microtus agrestis)
api nm ape
bison nm american bison or american buffalo (Bison bison)
bjever nm beaver (Castoridae) ON bjórr
bjørn nf bear (Ursidae)
brokk nm badger (Melinae) Scots brock, Sc.Gael. broc
dratsi nm otter (Lutra lutra)
edla nm (ferføtla) nf lizard (Lacertilia) ON eðla (viper) Icelandic eðla (lizard)
fil nm elephant (ON fíll, from Arabic fil - فيل )
frosk nm frog (ON froskr)
giraff nm giraf
gorilla nf gorilla
heri nm hare, mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
hoggormek nm adder, north.english hagworm (Vipera berus) ON höggormr
hval nm whale
hvitabjørn nf polar bear (ON hvítabjörn "the white bear")
hvitrotta nf stoat (Mustela erminea)
hågamus nm wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
ikorn nm squirrel (ON íkorni, from Greek Σκίουρος)
Jaguar nm jaguar (Panthera onca)
julkatt nm hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), ON ígul-køttr (Cf julter ON Ígul-ker)
kamel nm camel
kengura nf kangaroo (Macropodidae)
kjonin nf rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Scots kyunnen
kobb, kub nm young seal (Phocidae) ON kobbi
krokodill nf crocodile (Crocodylidae)
lebard nm Leopard *Libbard, (Panthera pardus) ON hlé-barðr
ljun nn lion (ON ljón)
loðfil nm woolly mammoth (Icel. loðfíll)
mink nm mink (Neovison vison)
muskoksi nm muskox
mus, husmus nf mouse, house mouse (Mus musculus)
møldvirp nf mole
mår nm weasel
noshorning nm rhinoceros (nos nose + horning horn[ed])
ormek, snåk nm snake, serpent (Serpentes) ON ormr, snákr (poet.)
padd nf toad
rendjur nn reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) ON hreindýri
risaedla nf dinosaur (Dinosauria) icelandic risaeðla (giant lizard)
rosshval nm walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ON hross-hvalr
rotta nf rat, brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
sandførfetla nf sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
sebra nf zebra
sel nm seal
sjinpansi nm chimpanzee
tiger nm tiger (Panthera tigris)
todd nm fox (Vulpes vulpes), Scots tod
ulv nm wolf
visund nm european bison or wisent (Bison bonasus) ON visundr
årnjuggel nn hippopotamus (å river + njuggel water-horse, nixie), ON the hippotamus; "nykrar svá stórir sem fílar"
