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Note: Throughout the remainder of this page English words are shown in red, and Swedish words in blue. Other languages / dialects are shown in black within brackets [ ]
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| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| acre | measure of land, lands, estates | = | åker | tilled field (pronounced "awker") |
| agape | open-mouthed | = | gapa | having the mouth open |
| alder | alder-tree (Latin: alnus) | = | al | Swedish dialect Jamska: årrdra, årrder (pronounced "awrdder") |
| asunder | broken, apart | = | sönder | broken |
| aurochs | wild ox, now extinct | = | uroxe | wild ox, now extinct |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| ballast | a filling material, like in ships | = | ballast | a filling material, like in ships or in roads |
| balk | squared timber, beam | = | balk | squared timber, beam |
| bane | death | = | bane, baneman | death, slayer (respectively) |
| bant | diet, slim | = | banta | to be on a diet |
| beck | brook | = | bäck | brook, small stream (pronounced "beck") |
| behoof, behove, behoove | needed, ought to | = | behov | need |
| beleaguer | besiege | = | belägra | besiege (pronounced "beh-layh-grah") |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| bereave | deprive of | = | beröva | bereave, deprieve of (pronounced "beh-reu-vah") |
| bleak | cold and cheerless, exposed | = | blek | pale (complexionwise) |
| blot | stain | = | blot | human or animal sacrifice, involving blood |
| bode | anticipate (also forebode) | = | båda | anticipate, forebode (pronounced "baw-dah") |
| booth | hut, stall | = | bod | hut, shed, shop (pronounced "bood") |
| bulwark | rampart | = | bålverk | bulwark (pronounced "bawl-verk") |
| by'law | local law | = | from Scandinavian by meaning village, hamlet | |
| byways | small/country road (as in "highways and byways") | = | byväg | village road (literally meaning) |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| cackle | chattering sound a hen makes | = | kackel | chattering sound a hen makes |
| corbie | Scotland: raven | = | Icelandic: hrafn (pronounced "hravn"), Swedish: korp | |
| cruse | small earthenware jar or pot | = | krus | earthenware jar or pot |
| crux | anything that puzzles very much | = | krux | anything that puzzles very much |
| curt | short, brief, abrupt | = | kort | short (pronounced "cohrt") |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| edge | cutting side of blade | = | egg | cutting side of blade |
| to egg on | incite | = | egga | to egg on, to incite |
| flay | to strip off skin | = | flå | to strip off skin (pronounced "flaw") |
| fleck | spot on skin, freckle, speck | = | fläck | spot, speck (pronounced "fleck") |
| flee | run away from | = | fly | run away from (pronounced "flee") |
| fleet | glide away, pass quickly | = | flyta | float |
| flit | go away, change dwelling | = | flytta | to change dwelling |
| fodder | animals food | = | foder | animals food |
| fold | enclosure for sheep | = | fålla | enclosure for sheep (pronounced "faw-lah") |
| font | bowl for baptismal water | = | dopfunt | bowl for baptismal water (dop = baptism) |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| gaffer | elderly rustic, old man, foreman | = | Norwegian: goffa = godefar = (great-) grandfather | |
| gangling | lanky | = | gänglig | lanky (pronounced "yenglig") |
| gape | wide open, like mouth | = | gapa | open mouthed |
| garth | yard, garden | = | gård | farm, farmyard |
| gasp | catch breath with open mouth | = | gäspa | to yawn (pronounced "yes-pah") |
| gleam | a shine, a glitter | = | glimt | a gleam, a flash |
| glimmer | a shine, a glitter | = | glittra, glimma | to shine/glitter/glimmer |
| gnat | small fly, small mosquito | = | knott | small fly, small mosquito |
| gosling | young goose | = | gåsling? | young goose (pronounced "gaws-ling") |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| hale | drag, draw | = | hala | to draw, like on a rope |
| halt | lame, limp | = | halt, halta | lame, limp |
| hap | happen, happen by chance | = | hipp som happ | it's all the same, it doesn't matter |
| hasp | clasp passing over a staple for fastening door | = | hasp | clasp passing over a staple for fastening door |
| haulm, halm | stalks (of beans etc.) | = | halm | straw |
| hawker | one who carries wares for sale | = | hökare | shop-keeper, etc. |
| holm, holme | (small island?) | = | holme, -holm | small island |
| hose | stockings | = | hosor | long stockings (old term) |
| husband | male spouse | = | husbonde | master of the house, hus = house, bonde = male farmer |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| kale | cabbage, cole | = | kål | cole (pronounced "cawl") |
| ken (kenned, kend) | Scotland: know, recognise | = | känna | know, be familiar with; ("känt" past tense) |
| kirk | Northern England and Scotland: church | = | kyrka | church (Norwegian: kirke) |
| knoll | small rounded hill | = | berg-knalle | small rounded hill of stone in the landscape |
| last | model of foot on which shoes are made | = | läst | (same meaning as in English?) |
| lea | piece of meadow or open ground | = | Swedish dialect Jamska: le = opening in fence or (stone) wall | |
| lee | side that is away from wind | = | lä | lee, leeward |
| lekker | South African English: delicious, tasty | = | läcker | tasty, delicious (pronounced "lecker") |
| loft | attic, space between top floor and roof | = | loft | attic, space between top floor and roof |
| meagre | lean, thin, scanty | = | mager | lean, thin |
| murk | thick darkness | = | mörk = dark(pronounced murk), mörker = darkness | |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| nave | hub of wheel | = | nav | hub of wheel |
| neighbour | one who lives near another | = | Norwegian: nabo = neighbour (literally "near-resider" | |
| ness | (mostly in Scotland) headland, cape | = | näs | headland, cape |
| nip | pinch sharply | = | nyp, nypa | a pinch, to pinch (respectively) |
| nook | sheltered corner | = | nock, taknock | crest/top of roof (on a roof that is not flat) |
| numskull | fool, light idiot | = | dumskalle | literally: dumb scull |
| page | boy servant or attendant | = | Swedish dialect Skånska: påg = boy (pronounced "pawgh") | |
| (to) page | summon by sending page to call the name | |||
| pale | stake, boundary ("paling" = fencing) | = | påle | pole, stake (made of wood) |
| palisade | fence of stakes | = | palissad | fence of stakes |
| prate | talk idly, chatter | = | prata | to talk |
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| raise | lift up, elevate | = | resa | lift up, raise (Old Norse: raisa = raise |
| rake | draw, sweep, like gather hay, etc. | = | raka | (same meaning as in English) |
| ransack | search thoroughly, pillage, plunder | = | rannsaka | search, examine thoroughly |
| rap | smart slight blow | = | rapp, piskrapp | blow, blow with whip |
| roup | in Scotland and Canada: (expose for) sale by auction | = | rop | shout, scream |
| rucksack | pack carried on back, backpack, knapsack | = | ryggsäck | literally "back sack" |
| scarf | part cut away from each of two pieces of timber to be joined longitudinally, cut a scarf on, as for joint in timber | = | skarv | joint, seam, splice |
| scathe | injury, harm | = | skada | injury, harm |
| scum | froth or other floating matter on liquid | = | skum | froth (on liquid) |
| scum | vile person | = | skum | shady, suspicious |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| skelm | skelum, good-for-nothing, rascal, cunning, dishonest (person) | = | skälm | rogue, rascal |
| skew | slanting, crooked | = | skev | slanting, crooked |
| skulk | sneak out of the way, lurk | = | skolka | play truant from school = skolka från skolan = failure to attend school |
| smelt | small fish | = | Swedish dialect Jamska: smäling = small whitefish (whitefish = Latin Coregonus lavaretus) | |
| smelt | extract metal by melting ore | = | smälta | melting ore, to melt (something) |
| spar | pole, beam | = | sparr, bjälke | beam, joist (Scottish Gaelic: sparr = a beam, a joist) |
| spew | vomit | = | spy | vomit |
| spike | nail, pointed bar of steel, etc. | = | spik | steel nail |
| spill | pour out | = | spill, spilla | (to) pour out inadvertently |
| spinster | one who spins, unmarried woman | = | Swedish dialect Jamska: suffix -ster, as in bakster = baking woman, etc. | |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| spire | pointed part of steeple, pole, etc. | = | spira | spire |
| spook | ghost, to frighten | = | spöke | ghost |
| spoon | (eating instrument) | = | spån | wood chip, wood splinter (wooden spoon, English word spoon originates from spån) Scottish Gaelic: spain = spoon |
| spoor | trail of wild animals, scent | = | spår | track, trail, trace |
| staff | pole | = | stav | staff, stick |
| stake | sharpened stick or post | = | stake | stake, pole |
| stalk | stem of plant | = | stjälk | stem of plant |
| stall | compartment in stable, stand for selling goods | = | stall | stable (building for horses) |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| stamp | put down foot with force | = | stampa | put down foot with force |
| stature | bodily height | = | Swedish dialect Jamska: statur = bodily height | |
| stead | place | = | Nordic: sted = place | |
| strafe | punish | = | straff, straffa | punishment, to punish (respectively) |
| stub | tree stump, end part of any object | = | stubbe | tree stump (remains of felled tree) |
| stuff | material, fabric | = | stoff | stuff, parts of fabric |
| stump | stump | = | stump | stump |
| swart | dark in colour | = | svart | black |
| English word: | explanation in English: | similar Swedish or Nordic word etc: meaning in English: |
| tale | story, number, count | = | tal | number, a speech |
| tang | kind of sea weed | = | tång | sea weed (pronounced "tong") |
| tarn | small mountain lake | = | tjärn | (small) forest lake |
| thole | bear, undergo | = | tåla | tolerate, endure |
| thole, thole-pin | pegs between which oars works | = | årtull | pegs between which oars works |
| thorp, thorpe | hamlet, village | = | torp | croft |
| thrall | slave, bondman | = | träl | thrall, slave |
| thral'dom | in bondage, slavery | = | träldom | slavery |
| tide | season, time | = | tid | time |
| tidings | news | = | tidender | news |
| tract | space of land | = | trakt | area of land |
| wax | grow, increase | = | växa | to grow, increase |
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