This wordlist is based upon old gutnish runewritings but also from the Gutnish Law (14'th century). The sources of old gutnish are from a considerably large timeperiod - from as early as roman ironage to late medievals. The words on this list are mainly taken from later gutnish, from about 1000-1400.   Merely a small part of all old gutnish words that we know of is represented here, but it holds the most common ones.  

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OLD GUTNISH WORDLIST

från forngutniska till svenska                         from Old Gutnish to English

 

a – on

acr – field

af – by

ai – not

ain – one (f)

alivu, elivu – eleven

alnbuga – elbow

ancul – ancle

ann – one (m)

ar - year

arfuþi - work

arla - early

ata, atta – eight

att – one (n)

auc, ac, uc, aug, au, oc – and

auga – eye

austr - east

barn, ban – child

baþi – both

betr - better

biauþa – offer

biþia - pray

briaust – brest

broþir - brother

bryþlaupr – wedding

burna - daughter

byggia – build

byn - prayer

byria – begin

cann – can

caupa – buy

cuma – come

cuna – woman

cunungr – king

dauþr – death

dotir, dotr - daughter

doya - die

drepa – kill

drytning – queen

dufl – gambling

dur - door

dyma – judge

iftir, ibtir, yptir, yftir, hebtir, ebtir, heftir  –  after

ellar, ella – or

engin – nobody

enkia - widow

et, at – that

eþa – or, either

falda – fall

ferþ – trip

fiaura – four

fiuhrtan – fourteen

fiauratighi – fourty

firi, firir, furir, furi, fyr – for, before

fisc – fish

fliauga – fly

fran – from

fulc – people

fyrst - first

gait – goat

garþr, karþr – yard

giara, giera, kierua, kiara, kira, gera, kara – do

goþr, koþr – good (m)

guþ – god

hafa - have

hagga, haga – cut, chop

haima – at home

halda – hold

han – she

hann – he

hann – him (ack)

hanum – him (dat)

har – hair

hau (f), haur(m) – high

hengia – hang

hialpa, hialba - help

hiar, hier – here

hin – that one (f)

hinn – that one (m)

hitta, þitta – this (n)

hoyra – hear

huat, hut - what

huatki – neither

huer – each

huerghi – nothing

huit – white

hus – house

iac, iec – I

in - in

iorþ – ground, earth

ir, ier, ar – is

kialeri - celler

kirchia – church

kuam, quam - came

ladigh – spring

lagh – law

laiþa – lead

langr – long (m)

lifa - live

lufa – promise

lyfta, lykta - stop

lyþr – people

mair – moore

mal – language, speach

manaþr – month

maþr – man

mialc, mielc – milk

mikit – much (n)

millan – between

miþ, meþ – with

nequar – someone

niu – nine

niþr – down

nu – now

uar, oar – our (m. sing. nom.)

raisa – rise

reth - right

royra – touch

sar – wound

scal – shall

schiauta – shoot

scogh – forest

scrifa – write

scurstain – chimney

segia – say

siahs, siex – six

sial, soul – soul

siau – seven

siþan – later, then

skiara – cut

skin – skin

scrifa - write

sla – hit

slicu – ‘like that’

smier – butter

smiþr - smith

so – so

socn – village

stain – stone

stang – pole

standa, stanta - stand

stiela – steal

stulpi - pole

stuva – house, cabin

sum – that

sun – son

suþr - south

syt – sweet (f)

taca – take

til – to

tiu – ten

tiughu – twenty

tolf – twelve

tu – two (n)

tvair – two (m)

tvar – two (f)

um – about

ungr – young (m)

uel, vel - well

vera – be

vereld – world

viþr – at

vir, uir - we

wica – week

yfir, ufir, ufr, ifir – over

yr – out of

yx – axe

þa – when

þaim – them

þair – they (m)

þar – there

þar – they (f)

þau – though

þaun - they (n)

þriar – three (f)

þrir – three (m)

þry – three (n)

þu – you

 

In some cases the ortography has been normalized to the one used in the Gutnish Law (c instead of k in some cases)