Words that come from Old Norse “bjǫrn”

69 words across 13 languages descend from Old Norse bjǫrn — including berserk, berserkly, berserkness, bjørn, björn, Snæbjörn, björn, Björn.

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Danish (9)

Swedish (9)

Norwegian (9)

Icelandic (8)

Old Norse (7)

Faroese (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

English (4)

Old Danish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Westrobothnian (1)

Polish (1)