Difference between revisions of "Villdjuranamn"

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Listi øver villdjuranamn (List of Wild animal names)

ON = Old Norse

akermus nf vole
api nm ape
bison nm american bison or american buffalo (Bison bison)
bjuver nm beaver (Castoridae) ON bjórr
bjørn nf bear
brokk nm badger (Scots brock, Sc.Gael. broc)
dratsi nm otter
edla nm (ferføtla) nf lizard (Lacertilia) ON eðla (viper) Icelandic eðla (lizard)
fil nm elephant (ON fíll, from Arabic fil - فيل )
foks nm fox
frosk nm frog (ON froskr)
giraff nm giraf
gorilla nf gorilla
hjeri nm hare
hjoggalt nm hedgehog (hjog hill + galt hog)
hoggormek nm adder, north.english hagworm (Vipera berus) ON höggormr
hval nm whale
hvitabjørn nf polar bear (ON hvítabjörn "the white bear")
hvitrott nf stout
ikorn nm squirrel (ON íkorni, from Greek Σκίουρος)
kamel nm camel
kengura nf kangaroo (Macropodidae)
kjonin nf rabbit
kobb, kub nm young seal (Phocidae) ON kobbi
[[krokodill] nf crocodile (Crocodylidae)
ljun nn lion (ON ljón)
loðfil nm woolly mammoth (Icel. loðfíll)
mink nm mink
muskoksi nm muskox
mus nf mouse
møldvirp nf mole
mår nm weasel
noshyrnek nm rhinoceros (nos nose + hyrnek 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
sandferføtla nf sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) sebra nf zebra
sel nm seal
sjinpansi nm chimpanzee
tiger nm tiger (Panthera tigris)
ulv nm wolf
visund nm european bison or wisent (Bison bonasus) ON visundr
åarross nn hippopotamus (å river + ross horse)