User talk:Williamborg/terms

[edit] Common Geographic Terms in Scandanavian Languages

Common Geographic Terms in Scandanavian Languages:
Bokmål	Nynorsk	Old Norse	English
bakki			bank of a river, ridge
bane			path
berg			mountain
borg			fortification, castle
breen			glacier
bu		bú	household, farm, estate
bukt			cove, bay
by			town
bygd			rural district, parish
dal			valley
egg			edge, arete
eid			isthmus
fjell			mountain
foss			waerfall
gård			farm
haug			hill, top
havn		hamn	harbor
hei			mountain moor
jøkel			glacier
li, lia, lii			hillside, mountainside
loft			2 storied farm building
lund			grove
mo			heath, moor
mibba			peak
nes			headland, cape, point
nut, nuten, nutane			peaks
os, osen			the mouth of a river
pigg, piggen			peak, summit
selja			willow
skar, skard, skardet			gap, pass, col
stad		staðr	place, stead, town
strand			beach
staum	strøm	staumr	stream
sund			sound, strait, narrows
sæter, seter, støl, stul, støyl			summer mountain farm
tind, tinden	tindan, sindane		peak(s)
tjern	tjørn, tjørn		tarn, small lake
tun			yard
ur, urd, urdi, urda			scree, talus deposits
vann, vatnet	vatn, vatna		yard
vidda			plateau
vik, vika	viki		bay, cove
voll			meadow
vær			fishing village
våga			cove, bay
øy	øya		island
å, åi åa åni			river, brook
ås, åsen			ridge, hill