be related to Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla (="to stumble") swag From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse sveggja (="to swing, sway") sway sveigja (="to bend, swing, give way") T tangle From a Scandinavian source, possibly related to Old Norse þongull take taka tarn tjǫrn, tjarn tatter From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse töturr (="rags, tatters, tattered garment") teem tœma (="to empty") tern From a Scandinavian source akin via East Anglian dialect tether Probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tjoðr (="tether") their þeirra they þeir though from Old English þēah, and in part from Old Norse þó (="though") thrall þræll thrift þrift (="prosperity") thrive From a Scandinavian source akin to þrifask (="to thrive", originally "grasp to oneself") thrust þrysta (="to thrust, force") thwart þvert (="across") tidings tíðindi (="news of events") tight þéttr (="watertight, close in texture, solid") till til (="to, until") toft From Old Norse topt (="homestead") toom tóm (="vacant time, leisure") toss Of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source trash Perhaps from Old Norse tros (="rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs") troll troll (="giant, fiend, demon"; further etymology is disputed) trust (verb) traust (="help, confidence") tyke From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tik (="bitch") U ugly uggligr (="Dreadfull, repulsive") until from Old Norse und (="as far as, up to") and til (="until, up to") V viking vikingr (="one who came from the fjords", vik = small and not deep fjord) vole Probably from Old Norse völlr (="field") W wag Probably from a Scandinavian source related Old Norse vagga (="a cradle") wail From Old Norse væla (="to lament") wand vondr (="rod") want vanta (="to lack") wapentake From Old Norse vapnatak wassail From Old Norse vas heill (="be healthy") weak veikr (="weak, pliant") wheeze Probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hvoesa (="to hiss") whirl hvirfla (="to go around") whisk viska (="to plait") wicker From a Scandinavian source, related to Danish viger and Middle Swedish viker wicket vík (="bay") + French suffix -et through Anglo-Norman wicket, itself from Old Norman-French wiket, Norman-French viquet > French guichet wight vigr (="able in battle") – the other wight meaning "man" is from Old English wile vél (="trick, craft, fraud") windlass vindáss (= "windlass", literally "winding-pole"), through Old Norman / Anglo-Norman windas, from vinda ("to wind") + áss ("pole"). window vindauga (="wind-eye") – although gluggi was more commonly used in Old Norse wing vængr (="a wing")