Yorkshire
formerly known as the County of York and “York” comes from the Viking name for the city, Jórvík
It’s no surprise that Old Norse has influenced the English language; particularly in the North where the Vikings dominated for many years!
When I started to learn Norwegian a few years ago, I found some similarities to Yorkshire words and places and thought it would be a good idea to make a blog post out of it!
| Yorkshire | Definition | Old Norse | Bokmål |
| Bairn | Child / Baby | Barn | Barn |
| Beck | A stream / A brook | Bekkr | Bekk |
| Berserk | Mad / Angry | Berserkr | Berserk |
| By | Place names ending in by
eg. Grimsby |
By | By |
| Dale | Valley | Dalur | Dal |
| Fell | A hill / Mountain slope | Fjall | Fjell |
| Flags | Flat stones used for paving, flooring or roofing | Flaga | Flagger |
| Flit | To move about / move house
eg. Flit about |
Flytja | Å flytte |
| Foss | Waterfall | Fors | Foss |
| Gate | Street / Way
eg. Kirkgate, Briggate |
Gata | Gate |
| Gawp | To stare open mouthed
eg. Stop gawping |
Gapa | Å gape |
| Laik / Leck | To play
eg. Are you laiking out? |
Leika | Å leke |
| Lig / Ligg | To lie down | Liggja | Å ligge |
| Lug | Pull or carry, or a knot in the hair | Lugge | Å lugge |
| Mucky / Muck | Dirty / Manure | Myki | Møkkete |
| Nay | No | Nei | Nei |
| Reckon | To think, to consider | Reikna | Regne med |
| Sillin | Raining heavily
eg. It’s sillin it down |
Sila | Å sile |
| Skrike | Scream loudly (related to shriek) | Skrækja | Å skrike |
| Spell | Splinter of wood in the skin | Spjelke | Spjelke |
| Tarn | Lake / Pond
eg. Malham Tarn |
Tjarn | Tjern |
| Thwaites | eg. Linthwaite | þveit | Tveit |
A Northerner in Norway 