List Of English Words Of Old Norse Origin
Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as ''egg'' or ''knife''. There are hundreds of such words, and the list below does not aim at completeness. To be distinguished from loan words which date back to the Old English period are modern Old Norse loans originating in the context of Old Norse philology, such as ''kenning'' (1871), and loans from modern Icelandic (such as ''geyser'', 1781). Yet another class comprises loans from Old Norse into Old French, which via Anglo-Norman were then indirectly loaned into Middle English; an example is ''flâneur'', via French from the Old Norse verb ''flana'' "to wander aimlessly". A ; ado: influenced by Norse "at" ("to", infinitive marker) which was used with English "do" in certain E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bask
Bask may refer to: * to bask, or to sunbathe * Bask, Gilan, Iran; a village * Kalle Bask, a Finnish sailor * Bask (horse) (1956–1979), an Arabian stallion * Bask Om, a fictional character from Zeta Gundam * Bäsk, a Swedish liquor * FK BASK (ФК БАСК), a soccer team in Belgrade, Serbia * Bask Technology, a U.S. tech support company See also * Bask, Iran (other), for places primarily spelled "Besk" but also spelled "Bask" * Pulin Bihari Baske (born 1968), Indian politician * Michael Baskes, a U.S. engineer * * BASC (other) BASC may refer to: * Berkeley APEC Study Center * Berlin Air Safety Center * British Association for Shooting and Conservation * Bulacan Agricultural State College, Philippines * Business Alliance for Secure Commerce See also * Bachelor of A ... * Basque (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e., cows), bulls have long been an important symbol in many religions, including for sacrifices. These animals play a significant role in beef ranching, dairy farming, and a variety of sporting and cultural activities, including bullfighting and bull riding. Due to their temperament, handling requires precautions. Nomenclature The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species that has been castrated is a ''steer'', '' ox'', or ''bullock'', although in North America, this last term refers to a young bull. Use of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect. Colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may refer to both castrated and intact animals as "bulls". A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a ''micky'' in Australia.Sheena Coupe (ed.), ''Frontier Country, Vol. 1'' (Weldon R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bulk
Bulk can refer to: Industry * Bulk cargo * Bulk liquids * Bulk mail * Bulk material handling * Bulk pack, packaged bulk materials/products * Bulk purchasing * Baking * Bulk fermentation, the period after mixing when dough is left alone to ferment in bulk, meaning before division to final weights. Physics *Bulk density *Bulk modulus *In brane cosmology and M-theory (see also the AdS/CFT correspondence), the bulk is a hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe (the three dimensions we can see, plus time, plus the seven extra dimensions that we can't see but M-theory theorizes are all around us) may exist. People *Mike Waters, known as Bulk, British professional wrestler with the UK Pitbulls Fiction *Bulk and Skull, a pair of characters in the ''Power Rangers'' universe Places * Bulk, Lancashire, area of Lancaster, England *Bülk Lighthouse Bülk Lighthouse (german: Leuchtturm Bülk) is on the westernmost headland of the Ki ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brunt , English cricketer and 2006 England women's Cricketer of the Year
*Martin Brunt, crime correspondent for Sky News
*Maureen Brunt (1928–2019), Australian economist and professor
*Maureen Clark née Brunt, American Olympic curler
*Peter Brunt, ancient historian at Oxford University
*Stephen Brunt, Canadian sports journalist
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Brunt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Chris Brunt, Northern Irish football player *David Brunt, British meteorologist *Dominic Brunt, English actor * John Brunt, soldier in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross ** John Brunt V.C. (public house), the pub that bears his name *Jon Brunt (born 1974), American curler *Katherine Brunt Katherine Helen Brunt (born 2 July 1985) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Trent Rockets and England. She plays as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She has won two Worl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Booth
Booth may refer to: People * Booth (surname) * Booth (given name) Fictional characters * August Wayne Booth, from the television series ''Once Upon A Time'' *Cliff Booth, a supporting character of the 2019 film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', played by Brad Pitt * Frank Booth (Blue Velvet), main villain of the 1986 film ''Blue Velvet'', played by Dennis Hopper *Missy Booth, a main character on the television series ''Ackley Bridge'', played by Poppy Lee Friar *Seeley Booth, a main character on the television series ''Bones'', played by David Boreanaz Places Antarctica * Mount Booth * Booth Spur * Booth Island Canada * Booth Island (Nunavut) England * Booth, East Riding of Yorkshire, a small village * Booth Park, a cricket ground in Toft, Cheshire United States * Booth, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Booth, Missouri, a ghost town * Booth, Texas, an unincorporated community * Booth Farm, Pennsylvania, on the National Register of Historic Places * Booth Homestead ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boon
Boon may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Boon (game), a trick-taking card game * ''Boon'' (novel), a 1915 satirical work by H. G. Wells * ''Boon'' (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick * The Ultimate Boon, a stage in Joseph Campbell's hero's journey or monomyth People Surname * Boon (surname), a list of people with the surname Boon Given name * Boon Gould (1955–2019), English lead guitarist of Level 42 * Boon Mark Gittisarn (1898–1987), Thai Protestant pastor * Boon Thau Loo, Singaporean-American computer scientist * Lim Boon Keng (1869–1957), Chinese doctor, social and educational reformer in China and Singapore Fictional * Marukubi Boon, an Osamu Tezuka stock character Places North America * Boon, Michigan, United States ** Boon Township, Michigan * Boon, Ontario, Canada * Boon Island, Maine, United States * Boon Point, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda * Boon Township, Indiana, United States * Boon Lake Township, Minnesota, U ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Both
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Both may refer to: Common English word * ''both'', a determiner or indefinite pronoun denoting two of something * ''both... and'', a correlative conjunction People * Both (surname) Music * The Both, an American musical duo consisting of Aimee Mann and Ted Leo; also their self-titled first album * "Both" (song), by Gucci Mane featuring Drake * BOTH, Belgian-French musical duo known for the 2014 single "Straight Outta Line" Film * ''Both'' (film), a 2005 film about an intersex stunt woman in San Francisco See also * Dual number, a form of the plural referring to exactly two things * 2 (number) 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boast
Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy. Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others. Forms of bragging Although a brag can be as straightforward as a simple claim to riches or greatness, it often assumes a variety of more ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blunder (other) , which has been used both as a synonym for "howler" and for more material blunders
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A blunder refers to a "stupid, careless mistake". Specific instances include: * Blunder (chess), a very poor move in chess * Hopetoun Blunder, an event in Australian history * Brand blunder, in marketing * Draft blunder, in American sports * Himalayan Blunder, in Indian history Television * ''Blunder'' (TV series), a British comedy programme first shown on E4 in 2006 See also There are various colloquial terms, as a rule with slightly different connotations, for various forms and contexts of blunder. For example: * Boner Boner may refer to: People with the name * Boner (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media * Boner Records, a California-based independent label * Boner Stabone, a recurring character on the TV series ''Growing Pains'' * ''Boner's Ark'', a comic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blend
A blend is a mixture of two or more different things or substances; e.g., a product of a mixer or blender. Blend Blend may also refer to: * Blend word, a word formed from parts of other words * ''Blend'' (album), a 1996 album by BoDeans * Blend (cigarette), a Swedish brand * Blend (textile), Textile product made out of a mixture of two or more fibers * .blend (file format), a file format used by the open-source 3D application Blender * Consonant blend, a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel * Polymer blend, a member of a class of materials analogous to metal alloys * Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly Microsoft Expression Blend), a user interface design tool for WPF and Silverlight * Blend modes in digital image editing, used to determine how two layers are blended into each other * The Blend (Sirius XM), a satellite radio channel * Mashup (music) Blended Blended may refer to: * ''Blended'' (film), a 2014 film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bleak
Bleak may refer to: Fish * Species of the genus ''Alburnus'' * ''Alburnoides bipunctatus'', also known as the schneider Music * "Bleak", a song by Opeth from ''Blackwater Park'' * "Bleak", a song by Soulfly from '' Dark Ages'' Other uses * Bleak, Virginia, a community in the U.S. * David B. Bleak David Bruce Bleak (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2006) was a soldier of the United States Army during the Korean War. Bleak rose to the rank of staff sergeant and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the United ..., decorated US soldier of the Korean War See also * Bleek (other) {{disambiguation, fish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |