List of English words of Scandinavian origin

This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin.

English words of Scandinavian origin

 * cog
 * cosy
 * flounder
 * hug
 * lug
 * scree
 * snug
 * torsk, "codfish"
 * wicker

English words of Danish origin

 * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds"
 * fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland"
 * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin"
 * Ombudsman, “Ombudsmand”
 * Window, “vindue”
 * scrike, "shriek"
 * torsk, "codfish"
 * husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish. Source: Kasper
 * egg, "æg"

English words of Norwegian origin

 * aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds"
 * brisling, "sprat"
 * fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes"
 * flense, "to strip of blubber or skin"
 * floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water"
 * gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)"
 * klister, "a soft wax used on skis"
 * krill, "planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea and especially genus Euphausia) that constitute the principal food of baleen whales"
 * lemming, "any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents (such as genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx) of circumpolar distribution that are notable for population fluctuations and recurrent mass migrations"
 * lefse, "a large thin potato pancake served buttered and folded"
 * lutefisk, "dried codfish that has been soaked in a water and lye solution before cooking"
 * murk, "gloom, darkness; c. 1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr 'darkness,' from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo, Danish mǿrk 'darkness',"
 * murky, "dark, obscure, gloomy; mid-14c., from murk + -y,"
 * scrike, "shriek"
 * ski, "one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow"
 * slalom, "skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)"
 * telemark, "a turn in skiing in which the outside ski is advanced considerably ahead of the other ski and then turned inward at a steadily widening angle until the turn is complete"
 * torsk, "codfish"