- á - on; upon; at; in
- á - river
- áðr - before
- áeggjun - urging
- ætla - intend
- ætt - kindred
- ættangr - family misfortune
- ævi - age
- af - of, by, out of, from
- afar - extremely
- afarmenni - big man
- afbragð - outstanding example
- afl - physical strength
- afrek - great achievement, deed of prowess
- ágætr - excellent, noble, distinguished
- aka - drive
- ákafi - eagerness
- ákafr - fierce
- aldr - age
- aldri - never
- álit - appearance
- allr - all, entire, whole
- allt - everywhere
- alþýða - all the people, the majority of the people, the public, the common people
- annarr - other
- aptann - evening
- aptr - back
- ár - a year; plenty, abundance (especially of crops)
- árferd - harvest
- arfi - heir
- arfr - inheritance
- armr - arm
- ásamt - together
- askr - ash
- áss - one of the gods, Æsir
- at - that
- at - in
- at - to
- at- - to-
- atburðr - occurrence
- atganga - attack
- atgörvi - ability, talent, accomplishment
- atgørvi - ability
- auðigr - rich
- auga - eye
- aurr - moist earth, wet clay, mud
- ausa - pour
- austr - east
- báðir - both
- banahögg - death blow
- banamaðr - killer
- bani - death
- bardagi - battle
- barn - child
- barnœska - childhood
- barr - foliage
- batna - improve
- beiða - ask, beg
- beiting - grazing
- bera - carry
- berja - strike
- beytill - horse-prick
- bíða - wait
- biðja - ask, beg, command, tell
- bila - fail
- binda - bind
- bíta - bite
- bjartr - bright
- bjóða - offer
- blóð - blood
- blót - sacrifice
- blóta - sacrifice
- bœr - farmstead
- boløx - broad-axe
- bóndi - husband
- borð - board
- bót - adornment
- brá - eyelash
- bráðgörr - precocious
- brátt - soon
- brautflutning - carrying off
- bregða - move quickly
- breiðr - broad
- brenna - burn
- bresta - break
- brjóst - breast
- brjóta - break
- bróðir - brother
- brœkr - breeches
- brott - away
- brú - bridge
- brunnr - well
- bryti - bailiff
- bú - farm
- búa - live
- burlufótr - Clumsy-foot
- býfluga - bee
- byggva - settle
- daga - dawn
- dagr - day
- dauðr - dead
- djarfr - daring
- djúpr - deep
- dögg - dew
- dómr - judgement
- dóttir - daughter
- draga - pull, draw, drag
- dreifa - spread
- drekka - drink
- drepa - slay, kill, smite
- drífa - drive
- dróttning - queen
- drykkr - drink
- duga - do
- dvergr - dwarf
- døkkr - dark
- eða - or
- ef - if
- efniligr - promising
- egg - egg
- eggja - incite
- eiga - own, have, possess
- eigi - not
- einn - one
- ek - I
- ekki - not
- elgr - elk
- en - but; and
- endi - end
- engi - no one
- enn - yet
- enni - forehead
- eptir - after
- er - who, which, that
- er - when
- ey - island
- eyða - waste
- eyra - ear
- fá - get, take. procure, grasp, marry
- faðir - father
- fagr - fair
- fálátr - silent
- falla - fall
- fár - few
- fara - go, travel, move
- fari - voyager
- fé - cattle, sheep, wealth, money
- fegrð - beauty
- fela - hide
- félagi - companion
- fémætr - valuable
- ferð - journey; conduct, behaviour
- fimm - five
- finna - find
- fjara - beach
- fjölkyngi - magic
- fjöllment - in crowds
- fjörðr - fjord
- fjórir - four
- flá - flay
- flakka - wander
- fljóta - float
- flýja - flee
- flytja - convey, move, carry
- fœða - feed
- fœra - bring
- fœrr - capable
- för - journey
- forðum - formerly
- formaðr - leader
- fóstri - foster-son
- fótr - foot
- frá - away
- frá - from
- frændi - kinsman
- fram - forward
- fregna - hear of
- fríðr - beautiful
- fugl - bird
- fullr - full
- fúna - rot
- fundr - meeting
- fylgja - follow
- fylki - province
- fylkja - draw up
- fyrir - for
- fyrirbjóða - forbid
- fyrr - before
- fyrri - former
- fyrstr - first
- gæfumunr - difference in fortune
- galeið - galley
- gamall - old
- ganga - go
- ganga - walking
- garpr - bold
- gefa - give
- gefandi - giver
- geldingr - wether
- gera - make; do; act
- gestr - guest
- geta - get
- gipta - give away in marriage
- gjalda - pay
- gjalla - yell
- glaðmæltr - cheerful in speech
- gnaga - gnaw
- goð - god
- goði - godi, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing or keeper of a sanctuary
- góðr - good
- graðungr - bull
- gras - grass
- grimmr - cruel
- grjót - stone
- gróa - grow
- grœnn - green
- gröptr - digging, burial
- gull - gold; a jewel, thing of value, especially a finger-ring
- haf - sea
- hafa - have
- hafr - goat
- haka - chin
- halda - hold
- hallæri - famine
- hallr - leaning
- háls - neck
- hann - he
- hár - high
- hár - hair
- harðr - hard
- haugr - burial mound
- haukr - hawk
- haust - autumn
- heðan - hence
- hefja - lift, raise, heave; begin
- heiðr - heath, moor
- heilagr - holy
- heim - homeward
- heima - at home
- heita - be named
- hel - Hel
- helgistaðrinn - holy place
- hella - flat stone
- herað - district
- herfang - booty
- herja - raid
- hermaðr - warrior
- herr - troop
- hersir - lord
- herskapr - warfare
- hestr - horse
- heygja - bury in a mound
- heyra - hear
- himinn - sky
- hingat - hither
- hinn - the other one
- hinna - membrane
- hitta - meet with
- hjálpa - help
- hjarta - heart
- hjörtr - deer
- hlæja - laugh
- hlaupa - leap
- hlíð - slope
- hlíf - shield
- hluti - part
- hlutr - part, thing; participation; fate, lot
- hœla - praise
- hóf - moderation
- höfðingi - leader
- höfn - harbor
- höfuð - head
- högg - blow
- höggspjót - broad-bladed-spear
- höggva - strike
- hógværr - gentle
- hon - she
- hönd - hand
- horfa - turn
- horn - horn
- hræ - dead body
- hrafn - raven
- hreysti - valor
- hrið - battle
- hríð - time
- Hrímþursr - frost giant
- hrøkkva - fall back
- hugkvæmr - crafty
- hunangsfall - honey-dew
- hús - house
- hvalr - whale
- hvalrif - whale rib
- hvar - where
- hvárr - each
- hvass - sharp
- hvat - what
- hverfa - disappear
- hverr - each
- hversu - how
- hvert - whither
- hvítr - white
- hyggja - think
- hylja - bury
- í - in, into
- íkorni - squirrel
- illr - bad; ill
- inn - the
- innan - within
- jafn - equal
- jafna - smooth
- jafnan - always
- jafnungr - as young
- jarl - earl
- jökull - ice, glacier
- jörð - earth
- kaldr - cold
- kalla - call
- kanna - search
- karfi - karfi (fast, coastal rowing ship)
- karl - old man
- kaupa - buy
- kerling - old woman
- kirkja - church
- knáliga - vigorously
- knáligr - vigorous
- koma - come
- kona - wife; woman
- konungastefna - meeting of kings
- konungr - king
- kráka - crow
- kristinn - Christian
- krjúpa - creep
- kúla - hunchback
- kumbl - burial monument, mound, cairn
- kussari - corsair
- kvæði - poem
- kveða - speak
- kveld - evening
- kyn - kin
- kyrr - quiet
- lag - thrust
- land - land
- langr - long
- láta - let
- lauss - free
- leggja - lay
- legja - lay, place, put
- leið - way, road
- leikr - game
- leita - seek
- lendr - landed
- lengi - long
- leyfa - allow
- leyfi - permission
- lið - troops
- liggja - lie
- lík - body, corpse
- líka - like
- líki - body
- líknsamr - merciful
- limar - branches
- líta - look
- lítill - little
- ljósta - strike
- lofa - praise
- lokrekkjugólf - locking bed closet
- lúfa - Shaggyhair
- lúka - to shut; to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude; to pay; to be at an end; to be shut
- lunga - lung
- lýsa - illuminate
- maðr - human, man, person; degree
- mæla - speak
- mágr - kinsman
- mál - language; speech; matter, affair; syntactic unit, sentence; cause
- máli - service
- málugr - talkative
- mannbroddr - spike
- mannvit - intelligence
- margbreytinn - fickle
- margkunnig - skilled in magic
- margmenni - multitude
- margr - many
- marka - mark
- með - with
- meðan - while
- mega - can
- men - necklace
- merki - token
- mesta - most
- miðr - middle
- mikill - great
- mikit - greatly
- milli - between
- minn - my
- mjök - much
- mjöl - flour
- móðir - mother
- möl - gravel
- mór - moor
- móti - towards
- móttaka - resistance
- múgr - crowd
- munu - will
- ná - get, obtain
- nær - almost
- næstr - nearest
- náliga - almost
- nám - seizure
- náttúra - natural ability
- nauðsyn - necessity
- naut - cattle
- neðan - from below
- nefna - name
- nei - no
- nema - take
- nes - headland
- niðr - down
- nökkut - somewhat
- norðr - northward
- norðr - north
- norn - norn
- nótt - night
- nú - now
- nýr - new
- ódæll - difficult
- óeirðarmaðr - unruly man
- of - over
- ofan - downwards
- ófriðr - war, strife
- öfund - envy
- ok - and
- opt - often
- ór - from
- ör - arrow
- orð - word; speech, saying
- ormr - snake
- örn - eagle
- orrosta - battle
- óþýðr - unfriendly
- otr - otter
- óvægr - harsh
- öxl - shoulder
- priði - third
- ráð - counsel
- ráða - advise, counsel; rule, govern, manage
- ráðagørð - council
- ráðsnjallr - wise in council
- ræna - rob
- rammr - strong
- rauðr - red
- reka - drive
- reki - driftage
- rekja - trace
- rekkja - bed
- renna - run
- reyðr - rorqual
- reykja - smoke
- ríða - ride
- ríki - kingdom
- rikr - powerful
- rísa - rise
- ríta - write
- rjóða - redden
- róa - row
- róðr - rowing
- rót - root
- rúm - bed
- rún - secret; rune
- sá - that
- sæhafa - sea-tossed
- sæll - happy, blessed, fortunate
- sætt - settlement
- sætta - reconcile
- saga - story
- sála - soul
- saman - together
- samför - relationship
- samr - same
- sannr - true
- sár - wound
- sauðr - sheep
- segja - say
- sekr - guilty
- sem - as
- senda - send
- seyra - starvation
- síð - late
- síðan - then
- sigla - sail
- sigr - victory
- sik - oneself
- sík - him/herself
- sinn - his/her own
- sitja - sit
- sjá - see
- sjávarafli - catch of fish
- sjónlauss - sightless
- sjór - sea
- skálm - flensing knife
- skammt - a short distance
- skap - state
- skapt - shaft
- skeinuhættr - likely to wound
- skel - shell
- skera - cut
- skilja - separate
- skína - shine
- skip - ship
- skipta - divide, share
- skipti - division
- skjálfa - shake
- skjall - white membrane of an egg
- skjöldr - shield
- skjóta - shoot
- skógr - forest
- skörungr - leader
- skulu - shall
- skurðr - cutting
- skurn - shell
- slá - strike
- slefa - slobber
- sleppa - slip
- slíkt - in such a way
- sneiða - slice
- snjór - snow
- sœkja - seek
- sofna - fall asleep
- sök - cause
- söngr - song
- sonr - son
- spakr - wise
- spekingr - wise person
- spekt - peace
- spor - track
- springa - jump
- spyrja - ask; hear; hear of, learn, be informed, find out
- staðr - place, stead
- stalli - altar
- standa - stand
- steina - paint
- steinn - stone
- stela - steal
- sterkr - strong
- stirt - harshly
- stjórnsamr - ambitious
- stöðull - milking pen
- stórmannligr - magnificent
- stórr - big
- stundum - sometimes
- stýrimaðr - steersman
- suðr - southward
- suðr - south
- Suðr-Rygirnir - southlanders
- sultr - hunger
- sumar - summer
- svá - so
- svanr - swan
- svar - answer
- svara - answer
- svartr - black
- sveinn - boy
- sveit - troop
- sverð - sword
- sverja - swear
- Sviar - Swedes
- svíkja - betray
- systir - sister
- taka - take
- taka - taking
- tala - talk
- telja - to count, number; to tell, say; to reckon, consider
- þá - then
- þaðan - thence
- þangat - thither
- þar - there
- þegar - at once
- þegnskapr - generosity
- þessi - this
- þiggja - accept
- þín - your
- þing - a legal assembly; a tryst
- þó - yet
- þrekvirki - courageous deed
- þrettán - thirteen
- þriði - third
- þrír - three
- þú - you
- þunnr - thin
- þurs - a giant, ogre, monster; a dunce, numskull; the name of the Þ-rune
- því - because
- þykkja - seem
- til - to
- tilkall - claim
- tími - time
- tjalda - pitch a tent
- tólf - twelve
- tómliga - slowly
- tré - tree
- tréna - dry up
- tunga - tongue; language
- tveir - two
- um - about
- una - dwell
- undan - from under
- undir - under
- undirhyggja - deceitfulness
- ungr - young
- unz - until
- upp - up
- uppi - up
- upplenzkr - of Uplands
- út - out
- útanverðr - outward
- úti - outside
- uxi - ox
- vægð - mercy
- vænn - likely, to be expected; bidding fair, likely to succeed; hopeful, promising; fine, beautiful
- Væringi - Varangian
- vagn - wagon, vehicle
- vaka - be awake
- vakna - awake
- valr - the slain
- ván - hope
- vandliga - carefully
- vápn - weapon
- varr - awake
- vatn - water; a body of freshwater; lake, waterway; fresh water (in contrast with seawater)
- vaxa - grow
- veð - pledge
- veðr - weather
- vega - kill
- vegr - way
- veita - grant, give, offer, assist
- vekja - wake
- vel - well
- vér - we
- vera - be
- verða - become, happen, take place
- verr - worse
- verri - worse
- vestr - westward
- vetr - winter; year
- við - by
- við- - with-
- víða - widely
- víðfrægr - famous
- viðtaka - reception
- víg - battle
- vígr - able to fight
- vígvöllr - battlefield
- vík - bay
- vika - week
- víking - raid
- víkingr - viking
- vilja - wish
- vinátta - friendship
- vinfengi - friendship
- vingóðr - friendly
- vinna - gain, win, work, perform, accomplish
- vinr - friend
- vinsæll - beloved
- vit - wit
- vit - we two
- vita - know
- vitr - wise
- vöðvi - muscle
- völva - seeress
- vöxtr - size, stature, growth, shape
- yðarr - your
- yfir - over
- ýtri - outer
- ørendislaust - in vain
- øx - axe