Old Norse shit

created by Boldra

(thing) by Boldra (1.9 d) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Feb 07 2001 at 10:18:31

I was browsing through my dictionary last night looking for English words that didn't come from Latin, French or German and came across three beauties:

dirt
filth
muck

Each of which come from a different Old Norse word essentially meaning shit! What a fabulous language English is!

In case you hadn't noticed, consecutive invasions of the British Isles brought new words into the English Language. Generally, the new words were used by the new ruling class, and life went on as normal for the peasants. These lovely Viking remnants have survived more than a thousand of years of shit-shovelling.

Can you believe I actually made it from D to M in one night? That was some strong coffee...!

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Your Latin roots are showing	Sleipnir	Viking	Filth
Dirt	Muck	English is not a Romance language	Ariel Sharon
Lif and Lifthrasir	Of the slaying of Regin, son of Hreidmar	D	Old Norse
berserk	ombudsman	Norse	M
fuck	Over the Hills and Far Away	Norse Mythology	Canute
shit	Scandinavia	Odin	independence

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