User:LokiClock/Most common Old Norse words

Using the lemmatizations of 6 manuscripts from MeNoTA (that is, all available at the time of writing save the 16th century Old Swedish version of Barlaam and Josaphat), I have calculated a list of the most common Old Norse words. This is quite a small sample size, but given that the texts are lengthy I believe it is a fair picture of the state of things. Alternative lists are welcome, composed of other data sources. From these, I have selected the top 1,000. Please help sift through these and assemble a list of…

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This entry is meant to allow one to avoid rechecking positive matches. Please only alter if checking in order from first to last (i.e., no skipped entries).
Lowest-ranked word checked: 350. bíða

Please check and add entries to the list in numerical order.
Fmt. word - M/YY of last check. r if red as of last check (no date nec.). dau if page has entry for a daughter language.
Ex. bluelink - 6/10
Ex. redlink - r

at - dau, 12/12
er - dau 12/12 (relative pronoun)
sem - dau 12/12
en - dau 12/12
þá - dau 12/12 (pronoun)
sinn - dau 12/12
hon - dau 12/12
fyrir - dau 12/12
hinn - dau 12/12
skulu - dau 12/12
þar - dau 12/12
um - dau 6/10
einn - dau 6/10
mega - dau 6/10
vilia - 10/6 (vilja)
munu - dau 6/10
fara - dau 6/10
þessi - dau 6/10
verða - dau 6/10
minn - dau 6/10
eða - dau 6/10
fá - dau 6/10
upp - dau 6/10
láta - dau 6/10
mǽla - r (mæla)
ef - dau 6/10
margr - r
þó - dau 6/10
miǫk - r (mjǫk - r)
nokkurr - r (nakkvarr - r; nakkverr - r; nekkverr - r; nǫkkurr - r)
ganga - dau 6/10
þinn - dau 6/10
sialfr - r (sjálfr)
gefa - dau 6/10
þegar - dau 6/10
(Thomas - cognate)
við - dau 6/10
sjá - dau 6/10
sunr - r (sonr, common in east)
varr - 6/10
vita - dau 6/10
sǫk - r
vel - dau 6/10
frá - dau 6/10
enn - definite article: 6/10; yet, still: dau 6/10
finna - dau 6/10
orð - dau 6/10
hvat - dau 6/10
høyra - dau 6/10 (heyra - dau 6/10)
svara - dau 6/10
kalla - dau 6/10
slíkr - r
halda - dau 6/10
fram - dau 6/10
biðia - r (biðja - dau 6/10)
ráð - dau 7/10
vald - dau 7/10
lutr - r (hlutr - r)
(alexander, Alexander - cognate)
nema - dau 7/10
lið - dau 7/10
kirkia - r (kirkja)
kveða - r (kviða - r)
biskup - dau 7/10
áðr - r
heimr - r
undir - dau 7/10
sýna - dau 7/10
ríki - dau 7/10
eiga - dau 7/10
né - dau 7/10
fyrr - dau 10/10
þykkia - r (þykkja - r)
skilia - r (skilja - dau 10/10)
land - dau 10/10
fylgia - r (fylgja)
falla - dau 10/10
giarna - dau 10/10 (gjarna - dau 10/10)
snúa - dau 10/10
hversu - r
leggia - r (leggja - dau 7/11)
yðarr - r
aldrigi - r (aldregi - r)
nǽr -r (nær)
baðir - dau 10/10 (báðir - dau 10/10)
rœða - r
því at - r
út - dau 10/10
senda - dau 10/10
lítill - dau 10/10
saman - dau 10/10
borg - dau 10/10
setia - 10/10 (setja - dau 10/10)
(darius, Darius - 10/10)
hǫfðingi - r
dauði - dau 10/10
líf - dau 10/10
fagnaðr - r
kunna - dau 10/10
sœmd - r
líka - dau 10/10
spyria - r (spyrja - dau 10/10)
bióða - r (bjóða - dau 10/10)
(Heinrekr - r)
páfi - dau 10/10
miskunn - dau 10/10
trú - dau 10/10
ǽtla - r (ætla - dau 10/10)
veita - dau 10/10
lifa - dau 10/10
kona - dau 10/10
fundr - r
leiða - dau 10/10
skiótr - r (skjótr - r)
hiarta - r (hjarta - dau 10/10)
England - cognate (Ęngland - r)
útan - r
mǽr - r (mær - dau 10/10)
þér - dau 10/10
trúa - dau 10/10
frú - dau 10/10
(Barlaam - r)
þvílíkr - r
víss - r
braut - dau 11/10
stund - dau 11/10
sitia - 11/10 (sitja - dau 11/10)
geta - dau 11/10
elska - dau 11/10
sjalfr - r (dialectal sjálfr)
liggia - r (liggja)
hyggia - r (hyggja - dau 11/10)
ráða - dau 11/10
riða - dau 11/10 (dialectal vriða - r)
ást - dau 11/10
hvárr - r
fyrri - dau 11/10
millum - dau 11/10
nátt - dau 11/10
iafnan - r (jafnan - r)
sǽll - r (sæll - dau 7/11)
lita - dau 7/11
verk - dau 7/11
birta - dau 7/11
folk - dau 7/11 (fólk - dau 7/11)
grikkr - r
þióna - r (þjóna - dau 7/11)
tala - dau 7/11
fé - dau 7/11
klerkr - r
meirr - r
skipa - dau 7/11
virða - dau 7/11
bæði - dau 7/11
gǽta - r (gæta - dau 12/12)
(Josaphat - r)
unna - dau 7/11
fiándi - r (fjándi - r)
meðan - dau 7/11
stefna - dau 7/11
bœn - r
opt - 7/11 (oft)
bréf - dau 7/11
(Kristr - dau 7/11)
heill - dau 7/11
úvinr - r (óvinr)
forn - dau 7/11
lúka - dau 7/11
villa - dau 7/11
þó at - r
heðan - r (héðan - r)
þangat - r
guðligr - r
sigra - dau 7/11
líða - dau 7/11
luti - 7/11 (hluti - dau 7/11)
reiði - dau 7/11
dýrð - dau 7/11
varla - dau 7/11
gǫrr - r; adv. yesterday (gær - dau 7/11, gǫr - r, gjar - r); adv. even (gørr - r); adj. ample, perfect (gerr - 7/11)
líkamr - r
lofa - dau 7/11
náttúra - dau 7/11
frǽndi - r (frændi)
meistari - dau 7/11
kasta - dau 7/11
dróttinn - r
fiǫldi - r (fjǫldi - r)
iǫrð - r (jǫrð)
løysa - r (leysa - dau 7/11)
fœra - r
dróttning - r
sǽla - r (sæla - dau 12/12)
harmr - r
ferð - dau 7/11
hiǫlp - r (hjǫlp - r)
laupa - r (hlaupa)
skammr - r
dvelia - r (dvelja - dau 7/11)
virðing - dau 7/11
iarl - r (jarl - dau 7/11)
vitr - r
andi - dau 7/11
undan - dau 7/11
skynsemd - r
hefia - r (hefja - dau 7/11)
inn - dau 7/11
gamall - dau 7/11
atburðr - r
brott - 7/11; adv., syn. braut, burt
ǽ - 7/11 (æ - 7/11)
sannliga - r
unnasta - r
flytia - r (flytja)
fortala - r
barn - dau 7/11
fýsa - r
þaðan - dau 7/11
bleza - r
félagi - r
ótta - r
vaxa - dau 7/11
biðja - dau 7/11
fyrst - dau 7/11
sár - dau 7/11
varðveita - dau 7/11
bíða - dau 7/11

Help for adding entries can be found at the main category talk. Care should be taken when deriving entries from Cleasby-Vigfússon, which also covers then-modern Icelandic.

Top 1,000 wordforms edit

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* Denotes character from stories used. Some are still common Norse names.