Words that come from Old Norse “vesa”

99 words across 12 languages descend from Old Norse vesa — including wassail, wassailer, wassailry, ver, vara, vara, vera, matvara.

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Norwegian Bokmål (27)

Norwegian Nynorsk (19)

Swedish (17)

Icelandic (13)

Danish (8)

English (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Elfdalian (2)

Faroese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old Danish (1)