This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin.
English words of Danish origin
- aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [1]
- fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" [2]
- flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [3]
- scrike, "shriek" [4]
- torsk, "codfish" [5]
English words of Norwegian origin
- aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [6]
- brisling, "sprat" [7]
- fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" [8]
- flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [9]
- floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" [10]
- gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" [11]
- klister, "a soft wax used on skis" [12]
- krill, "planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea and especially genus Euphausia) that constitute the principal food of baleen whales" [13]
- lemming, "any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents (such as genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx) of circumpolar distribution that are notable for population fluctuations and recurrent mass migrations" [14]
- lefse, "a large thin potato pancake served buttered and folded" [15]
- lutefisk, "dried codfish that has been soaked in a water and lye solution before cooking" [16]
- scrike], "shriek" [17]
- ski, "one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow" [18]
- slalom, "skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)" [19]
- telemark, "a turn in skiing in which the outside ski is advanced considerably ahead of the other ski and then turned inward at a steadily widening angle until the turn is complete" [20]
- torsk, "codfish" [21]
See also
- List of English words of Old Norse origin
- Lists of English words by country or language of origin
- List of English words of Swedish origin
References
- ^ "Definition of AQUAVIT".
- ^ "Definition of FJELD".
- ^ "Definition of FLENSE".
- ^ "Definition of SCRIKE".
- ^ "Definition of TORSK".
- ^ "Definition of AQUAVIT".
- ^ "Definition of BRISLING".
- ^ "Definition of FJORD".
- ^ "Definition of FLENSE".
- ^ "Definition of FLOE".
- ^ "Definition of GRAVLAX".
- ^ "Definition of KLISTER".
- ^ "Definition of KRILL".
- ^ "Definition of LEMMING".
- ^ "Definition of LEFSE".
- ^ "Definition of LUTEFISK".
- ^ "Definition of SCRIKE".
- ^ "Definition of SKI".
- ^ "Definition of SLALOM".
- ^ "Definition of TELEMARK".
- ^ "Definition of TORSK".