900s

Old Norse words first recorded in the 10th century

1 Old Norse word whose earliest known written record dates from the 10th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. steinn

   980–1015

   It is inherited from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). The Proto-Germanic noun survives across the family: Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains), Old English stān, Old Frisian…

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