   words of old norse origin have entered the english language, primarily from the colonisation of eastern and northern england between 865 and 954 ce (see e.g. danelaw). old norse (abbreviated in dictionaries as on) existed in its spoken and written form from the 8th century until its spread from scandinavia to colonies as far west as greenland and far east as russia and the baltic region (spoken by swedish settlers). the language diverged into west norse (norway, faroe islands, iceland, and greenland) and east norse (denmark and sweden). with some minor regional variations in loan words, both west norse and east norse are essentially the same. the vikings who raided and later settled in great britain came mainly from norway and denmark. the list below is by no means even near to being complete, as is evident from systematically going through the american heritage dictionary, which indicates those words that are derived from old norse. there are hundreds of words in it derived from old norse.  ==a== ;ado: influenced by norse "at" ("to", infinitive marker) which was used with english "do" in certain english dialects ;aloft: * Ã¡ ("=in, on, to") + lopt ("=air, atmosphere, sky, heaven, upper floor, loft") * english provenance = c 1200 ad ;anger: * angr ("=trouble, affliction"); root ang (="strait, straitened, troubled"); related to anga, plural Ã¶ngur (="straits, anguish") * english provenance = c 1250 ad ;awe: * agi ("=terror") * english provenance = c 1205 ad (as , an early form of the word resulting from the influence of old norse on an existing anglo-saxon form, ) ;are: merger of old english (earun, earon) and old norse (er) cognates ;auk: a type of arctic seabird. ;awkward: the first element is from old norse Ã¶fugr ("=turned-backward"), the '
Lists_of_English_words_of_foreign_origin Old_Norse_language