Óðinn á yðr alla

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Loosely this translates as "you're all Odin's" (look up the Battle of Fýrisvellir). Anyway. This is just a fun page where I'm gradually collecting all the Gaelic words likely derived from Old Norse. There are clearly a great many but I don't think anyone has ever tried to count or collect them all. I'm excluding place names from this list, by the way.

(Likely) loans from Norse
Gaelic Irish/Manx Norse Norse Meaning Notes
acair akkeri anchor
fleod fljóta to float
grunnd grunnr ground
nòs/òs/nàst eyrr gravel bank
tabh haf ocean
tàbh/àbh tábh, abhadh háfr hand-net
tiùrr naust boathouse



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