trunks") bulk bulki bull boli bylaw bylög ('by'=village; 'lög'=law; 'village-law') C cake kaka (="cake") call kalla (="cry loudly") cast kasta (="to throw") clip klippa (="to cut") club klubba (="cudgel") clumsy From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse klumsa (="make speechless, palsy; prevent from speaking") cog Probably a Scandinavian borrowing, related to Norwegian kugg cozy Likely of Scandinavian origin via Scots, perhaps related to Norwegian kose seg crawl krafla (="to claw") craze Possibly from Old Norse krasa (="shatter") via Old French crasir creekkriki ("corner, nook") through ME creke ("narrow inlet in a coastline") altered from kryk perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman crique itself from a Scandinavian source via Norman-French crook krokr (="hook-shaped instrument or weapon") cur kurra (="to growl") cut Possibly from North Germanic*kut- D dangle Probably from Scandinavian, related to Danish dangle, Swedish dangla (="to swing about") and Norwegian dangla daze, dazed Perhaps from Old Norse *dasa die deyja (="pass away") dirt drit (="feces") dregs dregg (="sediment") droop From Old Norse drupa (="to drop, sink, hang (the head)") dump Possibly related to Danish dumpe (="fall hard"), Norwegian dumpa (="to fall suddenly"), and Old Norse dumpa (="to beat"). Not found in Old English. E egg egg (="egg") eider a type of duck. equip skipa (="organize, arrange, place in order") through Middle French équiper, from Old French esquiper "fit out a ship, load on board", itself from Norman-French esquipper, eschiper F fellow félagi filly Possibly from Old Norse fylja, fem. of foli (="foal") firth From Old Norse fjörðr via Scottish fjord From Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr (="an inlet, estuary") flag Probably from Old Norse flaka (="to flicker, flutter, hang loose") flaneur flana ("to wander aimlessly") + French suffix -eur through (19th cent.) French flâneur, itself from Norman-French flaner, flanner flat flatr flaw From Old Norse flaga (="stone slab, layer of stone") fleck Probably from Old Norse flekka (="to spot, stain, cover with spots") fling Probably from Old Norse flengja flit flytja (="cause to fit") flounder From Old Norse flydhra via Anglo-French floundre fluster Probably from a Scandinavian source related to Icelandic flaustr (="fluster") fog from Old Norse fok through Danish fog, meaning "spray", "shower", "snowdrift" fro from Old Norse fra (="from) freckle freknur (="freckles") G gab gabbnna (="to mock") through Northern England dialect, Scottish or Norman-French gad gaddr (="spike, nail") gale Perhaps from Old Norse gol (="breeze") or Old Danish gal (="bad, furious") gang gangr (="act of going") gang gangr