*hlenkrlitmus litmose (="lichen for dyeing", lita ="to stain") loan lán (="to lend") loft lopt (="an upper room or floor : attic, air, sky") loose lauss (="loose/free") low lagrlug From Scandinavian, related to Swedish lugga and Norwegian lugge (="to pull by the hair") M meek From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjukr (='soft, pliant, gentle') midden Of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish møddingmire myrr (='bog') mistake mistaka (="miscarry") muck myki (="cow dung") mug muggemuggy mugga (="drizzle, mist") N nag Probably ultimately from a Scandinavian source, related to Old Norse gnaga (="to complain," literally "to bite, gnaw") narwhal From Danish and Norwegian narhval, probably a metathesis of Old Norse nahvalr, literally "corpse-whale," from na "corpse" nay, naysayer From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse neiNorman, Normandy from Old Norse through Old French, meaning "northman", due to Viking settlement in Normandy region nudge Perhaps from Scandinavian, related to Norwegian nugge/nyggje (="to jostle, rub") and Icelandic nugga (="to rub, massage") O oaf alfr (="elf") odd oddi (="third number", "the casting vote") ombudsman from Old Norse umboðsmaðr through Swedish ombudsman, meaning "commissary", "representative", "steward" outlaw utlagiP peen Probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian penn and Old Swedish pænaplough, plow plogrprod From Old Norse broddr (="shaft, spike") R race rás (="to race", "to run", "to rush", "to move swift") raft raptr (="log") rag Probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse rögg (="shaggy tuft, rough hair") raise reisaransack rannsaka (="to search the house") reef Likely from Old Norse rif (="ridge in the sea; reef in a sail") via Dutch rifferegret gráta ("to weep, groan") + French prefix re- through Old French regreter, itself from Old Norman-French regrater, regreter, influenced by Old English grætanreindeer hreindyririd Possibly from Old Norse ryðja (="to clear (land) of obstructions") rift Related to Old Norse ripa/rifa (=""to tear apart, break a contract") rig Probably from a Scandinavian source. May be related to Danish/Norwegian rigge (="to equip") and Swedish rigga (="to rig, harness") rive rífa (="to scratch, plow, tear") root rótrotten rotinn (="decayed") rug rogg (="shaggy tuft") rugged rogg (="shaggy tuft") rump From a Scandinavian source related to Danish/Norwegian rumpe and Swedish rumpaS saga saga (="story, tale") sale salasame same, samr (="same") scale (for weighing) from skal (="bowl, drinking cup", or in plural "weighing scale" referring to the cup or pan part of a balance) in early English used to mean "cup" scant skamt & skammr (="short,