Words that come from Old Norse “ljúga”

30 words across 11 languages descend from Old Norse ljúga — including lo, ljúga, lög, laug, sundlaug, lúgva, lógv, jõululaupäev.

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Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Icelandic (4)

Swedish (4)

Westrobothnian (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Faroese (2)

Estonian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Danish (2)

Danish (1)