blóðroðinn (adj.): 1 cits, e.g. red with blood // farvet rød af blod ‘skínn þvers mót honum blóðroðinn kross várs drottins Jesu Christi’ (Æv in AM 657 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9352 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: landi (sb. m.): 29 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (someone’s) compatriot] // (ngns) landsmand ‘ef órir landar fara heþan oc eigo fe eptir’ (Grg in GKS 1157 fol) onp.ku.dk/o47516 #OldNorse

djákn (sb. m.): 106 cits, e.g. (of a cleric of the third highest rank in the category ordines majores) deacon, priest’s assistant ‘ij. prestar oc diaknar .ij.’ (DI in AM dipl isl apogr 2001) onp.ku.dk/o14608 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: stynr (sb. m.): 30 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: groan, groaning] // støn, stønnen ‘þar es alldrege héyrþr grátr ne stynr. ne enge leiþeleg rꜵdd’ (Hóm in Holm perg 15 4°) onp.ku.dk/o76534 #OldNorse

fá (vb.): 1080 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to obtain (something), to get hold of (something), to take possession of (something), to acquire (something)] ‘Þorgils fær sér brátt manna; urðu þeir saman átján’ (Korm in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o116042 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: reiða (vb.): 69 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to get angry (at sb/sth), to get upset (at sb) (over sth)] // blive vred (på ngn/ngt), blive fortørnet (på ngn) (over ngt) ‘heyrþo drottiɴ at égi reíþizc þv os’ (Ridd in AM 623 4°) onp.ku.dk/o64090 #OldNorse

I seriously just explained how and why to use the dative form of a gendered pronoun in Old Norse, as opposed to the accusative.

I have never understood this in my own goddamn language, and I'm explaining it in #OldNorse.

berufirðingr (sb. m.): 1 cits, e.g. person of the Berufjǫrðr-kin // person af slægt opkaldt efter Berufjǫrðr ‘keypti Biorn hinn havi iardir at honum ok eru fra honum Berufirdingar komnir’ (Ldn in AM 105 fol) onp.ku.dk/o8089 #OldNorse

eineiði (sb. n.): 44 cits, e.g. oath sworn by a single person (ɔ: without compurgators) // ed der aflægges af en enkelt person (ɔ: uden mededsmænd) ‘kome han ... oc syni með æin æiði’ (JKr in AM 65 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16920 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: bǫrkr (sb. m.): 30 cits, e.g. bark // bark ‘fanzt Aarons vondr grænn ok groinn berki ok næfri ok alldine’ (Stj in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o13226 #OldNorse

10/12 #earworm
Perhaps a result of explaining #OldNorse protology to my wife this morning.

Yesterday’s #Wordle: fingr (sb. m.): 84 cits, e.g. (as unit of measure) width of a finger // (som måleenhed) fingerbredde ‘knyfurinn hliop a hol, hann var miog breydur, og vel iij. fingra langur’ (ÞBp in AM 380 4°) onp.ku.dk/o20626 #OldNorse

Viking studies folks: is there a good critical edition of Arrow Odd’s saga? Particularly a dual language edition? #oldnorse #oldicelandic #viking

Yesterday’s #Wordle: árǽði (sb. n.): 70 cits, e.g. hazardous undertaking // risikabelt forehavende ‘riddarar minir varu enn sem fyrr ro᷎skir til arædis. ok ho᷎fdum ver enn sigr’ (AlexBr in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o4733 #OldNorse

búgagn (sb. n.): 8 cits, e.g. household equipment // husgeråd ‘er honum þá heimill hagi ok fǫt sín ok ⸢búgǫgn [V-1: búgagn |V-2: búsgagn] inn at bera’ (Jb in AM 351 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12085 #OldNorse

dirfa (vb.): 112 cits, e.g. summon up one’s courage, become bolder, become more daring/impertinent/forward (in relation to sth.), persist (in sth.) ‘⸢Við þessa syn vex þeira dirfð [V: Enn gírkir dírfaz nu med þetta miok]’ (Alex in AM 519 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o14548 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: steði (sb. m.): 34 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: stamp for minting coins, coin] // stempel til at præge mønt, mønt ‘bref þat sem Magnus konongr gaf ... vm stædía’ (NoDipl in AM dipl norv fasc LVII 2) onp.ku.dk/o75158 #OldNorse

braut (sb. f.): 552 cits, e.g. away, apart, abroad // bort, væk, udenlands ‘þat er einkanliga gott ... þeim er morna. brot’ (Med in RoyalIrAcad 23 D 43) onp.ku.dk/o10659 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: elska (vb.): 180 cits, e.g. (of relations) love one another, like one another // (om slægtninge) elske hinanden, holde af hinanden ‘þeir vorv .ij. brædr. og elskodvsth vel sin ꜳ medal’ (Seb in Holm perg 3 fol) onp.ku.dk/o17819 #OldNorse

brjóst (sb. n.): 297 cits, e.g. (of the breast as the seat of the spirit, intellect, emotions, etc.) mind, soul, understanding, “heart”, disposition, courage ‘rennr o᷎ðrum þat opt miok ibriost er a suma bitr eᴋi’ (Hóm in AM 655 XI 4°) onp.ku.dk/o11148 #OldNorse