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Old Norse words first recorded in the 8th century

1 Old Norse word whose earliest known written record dates from the 8th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. báðir

   800–899

   It is inherited from Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”), the Germanic word seen in Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai), genitive 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴 (baddje), Old English bēgen and Old High German beide. Kroonen explains that the…

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