Bibliu-orðalisti

Bibliu-orðalisti (Bible-wordlist)

About the wordlist

This wordlist is being updated as we go along creating new words or obtaining old Norn words in the process of writing these texts. For a more complete dictionary of the NewNorn language used here, please go to the Dictionary of Nynorn

Some words that are not to be found in that dictionary, might be found in the Hildina Ballad Wordlist , created by the undersigned a few years ago.

Abbreviations: Sh.Sc. = Shetland Scots (the Scottish dialect spoken in Shetland today, though many of these words of Norn origin were already obsolete when they were gathered into a dictionary in the 19'th century), Hildina = Hildina Ballad (the most complete text in the Norn language, recorded by George Low, a Scottish minister who visited the island of Foula in 1774) G.Low 1774 = other words (than the Hildina Ballad) recorded by G.Low in Foula in 1774. Other abbreviations: Arab. = Arabic, Dan. = Danish, Far. = Faroese, Greek = Greek, Hebr. = Hebrew, Icel. = Icelandic, Norw. = Norwegian, ON = Old Norse, Swe. = Swedish. W-F = Westide-Foula Nynorn.

Like in this Nynorn Sample Texts' wordlist, the reconstructed Nynorn neologisms based on original Norn words are marked with blue, and direct borrowings from other languages are in brown.

NewNorn - English Wordlist

A

aks nn. ears of corn; Norw. aks

alskyns adj. (al + kyn) all kind; Far. alskyns

B

bent adj. neu. straight; Sh.Sc. ben bone; ON beint

bluma nf. bot. flower, (bibl. ‘campfire’ = henna-blossom): ON blómi

blumst[re] vb. blossom, to blossom: ON. blómstr

brydgom nm. bridegroom; Hildina bridlev wedding; Far. brúðgómur

brydmenn nm. children of the bridechamber; Far. brúðmenn

D

di adv. because; ON því, Far. tí

E

eftersukn nf. hunting, persuing; e-n efter vindi ~ chasing the wind; Icel. Far. eftirsókn

ejg[e]n[a] vb. (one's) own; Sh.Sc. eing nf property

enast adv. only; Sh.Sc. en one; ON ein-asta

enndok[t] conj. even though; Hildina undocht; Dan. endog; Swe. dock

ens adj. identical, alike, as; Dan. ens

er til vb. exists; vara til to exist; varga til come into existance (future)

ev[er]steprest nm. high priest; Sh.Sc. ever = ON yfrinn excessive; Norw. øvsteprest

F

fet, fudafet nn. footstep; Hildina feurfetign the four-footed (horse); Far. fet, fótafet

fje nn domestic animal, animal stock; Foula fie sheep (G.Low 1774); ON fjár/fé

fjorgist imper. (of fjord) multiply

fljuga vb. to fly; ON fljúga

frukt nf fruit; Far. frukt

frukttre nn fruit tree; Far. frukt fruit + Sh.Sc. tre tree

frå prep from; Hildina fro from

forfaðir nm. ancestor, forefather; (pl. forfedra); ON for-faðir

fu adv. how; Sh.Sc. foo

fud nm. foot

fyllið imper. (of full) fill up

fyrr adv. before, formerly, sooner; ON fyrr

føði nn. pl. food; Far. føði

fåfengð nf. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; Bibl. fåfengð fåfengða ~ vanity of vanities; Norw. fåfengd

fåvitska nf. simplicity, folly, igorance; Dan. få few; + Sh.Sc. vita vpp. 1. to know; Far. fávitska

G

Goð nm. God; Hildina go

gras nn. grass; ON gras

groða vw. (past groðdi) to heal, to cure; Hildina gro

H

havdjup nn (hav + djup) deep sea (ocean)

havdjur nn (hav + djur) ocean animal (ocean fauna)

hjimmel nm sky (also heaven); chimeri (G.Low 1774)

hord nf. flock (of animals) ; Sh.Sc. hord nm. crowd; Dan. Norw. hjord; Icel. hjörð, sauðahjörð = flock of sheep

hug nm. (frame of) mind, mood, thoughts; Sh.Sc. hugfellja to like, to be charmed with; ON hugr

hvuml nn expanse; Sh.Sc. whumel (to capsize) ON hválf, Norw. hvelv

hvumla vb capsize; Sh.Sc. whumel (to capsize) ON hválfa

J

jogsojn nf. in sight (lit. eyesight); Sh.Sc. joga eye + Sh.Sc. soina show; Icel. augsýn

jurt nf.bot. herb (Herbaceous plant); Icel. jurt

K

kamar nn.chamber, pl. kamor; Far. kamar kemer vs comes ( ff of koma to come); ON kemr kerlek nm. love; Sh.Sc. ker dear; Swe. kärlek kofer nm. bot. bibl. henna, hina Lawsonia inermis; Hebr. kofer כופר; Arab. hinna حِنَّاء korn nn. corn; Norw. korn kvøld nn evening; ON kvöld kyn nn kind (species, sex); Sh.Sc. kynsked (ON kyn + skaði) accident happening to oneself or to a relation, one of the same clan kynsluð nf. generation; Sh.Sc. kyn (kind[-red]) +Sh.Sc. slu[ð] path; Icel. kynslóð

L

lat vb. let lata vb. to let; Hildina la[ð]; past tense lutu (- ned let down); Far. lata lederbelti nn. leather belt (bibl. girdle of skin); Norw. læderbelte leðdi, (leddi) brought; past tense of leða to bring (to lead) lekni nm. doctor, medical practitioner; ON læknir, Far. lækni lek[e]dom nm.healing; ON læki-dómr lerling nm. disciple, apprentice; Sh.Sc. ler learning; Greek maqhtais μαθηταιc learner, Dan. lærling = apprentice lika part. like (likeness); Sh.Sc. likisom adj. agreeable, amiable loft nn sky (i loftenu ~ in the air); Sh.Sc. lofta vw. to ascend, rise løvi nn. permission; Hildina live, Sh.Sc. < ON: øv < eyf; ON leyfi lå vb (past of legga) lay

M

menneska nf. human; Swe. människa mela vb. utter, speak, talk; Sh.Sc. formela; (ON fyrirmæla) to consecrate, sanctify forspoken water mett adj. sated, satisfied; Far. mettur, Dan. mæt miðdag, (middag) nm. noon, mid-day (12.00 o’clock); Sh.Sc. miðnåd midnight minn nn. recollection, memory, rememberance; Hildina minn memory; Icel. Far. minni minni adj (of litel) smaller; Far. minni mjoð nn. tiredness,weariness, inconvinience (also mood); Hildina meo weariness Icel. mæði, Far. møði morn nm. morning; Sh.Sc. mynni; "å mynni" ~ tomorrow; (ON á *myrgni) mynd nf. image, picture; Sh.Sc. mynveg nm. (ON myndvegr) 1. outline; 2. form; ON mynd myrra nn.bot.bibl. myrrh Commiphora gileadensis; Hebr. murr מור

N

nardus nm. bot.bibl. spikenard (in reality lavender Lavendula): Engl. lavender; Greek nardus ναρδοσ (named after the town Naarda in Syria) nun nf. noon; Far. nón nått nf night; Sh.Sc. trolljanåitt nf. the night before Christmass-eve = trolljavitanåitt

O

olja nf. ointment (also oil); Far. olja

P

perleband nn. chain of gems (threaded gems); Engl. gems “pearls” + Sh.Sc. band perlerað nn. bead-row (row of jewels); Engl. bead “pearls” + Sh.Sc. ra[ð] row

R

rettvis nm. rightous; Norw. rettvis råða vb. rule; Hildina ro

S

saman adj. together; Sh.Sc. semla gather sedrestre nn. bot. cedar Cedrus, coniferous trees (fam. Pinaceae); (Bibl. Lebanon Cedar or Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani) sema vb. to sew; Sh.Sc. semek sewing-needle T; Far. seyma siðan adv. since (then), [long] ago; Hildina sian; Far. síðan sjå vb. see; ON sjá skapa vb. to create; Sh.Sc. landskap landscape skapninga nm. pl. creatures skoðisbrøð nn. pl. showbread; Sh.Sc. sko[ð] (ON skoða) + brøð (L.Prayer) brau); Icel. skoðunarbrauð skriddjur nn. (skrida + djur) reptile skriftlerd nm. (skriva + ler) scribe; Norw. skriftlærd skuld nf. sake; Sh.Sc. skulding; ON skuldþing thing for civil debts smørsl nn. pl. lubrication, Bibl ointment; Sh.Sc. smøra to smear; Far. smyrsl stað nm. place; Sh.Sc. sta nm. (ON staðr) domicile, farm, now only as a place-name størri adj.of stur; bigger synagoga nf. synagogue; Greek synagogē συναγωγή assembly ; Hebr. beyt knesset בית כנסת house of assembly sypresvid nm. bot. fir Abies, evergreen conifers (fam. Pinaceae)

T

tekja nf. roof; Sh.Sc. avtekja (avtesja) to unthatch; Far. tekja tjud nf. nation; ON þjóð, (Proto-Germanic Þeudanōz: ref. German Deutch) torrlendi nn. dry land (torr + land) Far. turrlendi turva vs. need, want; Icel. þurfa tømlek nm. emptiness, vacancy; Sh.Sc. tøm empty (ON tómr) tøva vb. to full (wool processing); Sh.Sc. töv; Far. tøva tøv, W-F tøg nn. knitting wool, knitting yarn; Far. tógv

U

um acc. about (um dagen during the day); Sh.Sc. umgongen adj. running round undan adv. previous, (-farin) gone ahead; Icel. ganga undan e-m, to go before, ahead of uroust (ur oust) poured; Sh.Sc. ousa to pour uten adv.without; Norw. uten utenfyri adv. outside; Sh.Sc. utavedeks outside the fenced home-field; Norw. utenfor

V

var vb. (past of er) was varg vb. (past of verga) became varri adj. worse; Sh.Sc. varsna; ON versna to get worse vatnsdarg nn. (vatn + darg) sea, ocean verk nn. work; Hildina verka; Far. verk verkattel nf. project, plan, scheme; Hildina verk work +Sh.Sc. attel arrangement, (plan); Far. verkætlan villdjur nn. (vill + djur) wild animal vingard nm. vineyard; Sh.Sc. gard 1. enclosure, fence vinget adj. winged (able to fly); Sh.Sc. vingsnju nm. (ON væng-knúi) the wing joint < wing-knuckle visdom nm. Wisdom; Sh.Sc. lerdom learning, knowledge, Far. vísdómur vitnesbyrdek nm. testimony; Dan. vidnesbyrd, Far. vitnisburður

Ø

øðja vb. teem; Sh.Sc. öja (ON iða) whirlpool, receding tide; Far yðja

Å

åtter adv. back, return; Sh.Sc. åtterskod 2. backwash of breakers (waves); Dan. atter

ångi nm. odour, savor,(good) smell; Swe. ånge, ON angi