Sources : R. LEPELLEY Caen University
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|
| BREKKA | a steep hill | BRICQUEBEC |
| HAUG | a height (a hill) | LA HOGUETTE |
| DAL | a valley, a dale | DIEPPEDALE (Seine-maritime - 76) |
| DEILA | a part of land | locality LA DELLE |
| BEKK | a brook | ORBEC, DRUBEC, CLARBEC |
| FLJOT | a steam, a river | HONFLEUR, HARFLEUR, FIQUEFLEUR |
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|
| TOPT | a house, a farm | MALTOT |
| BOL | a (court) yard | locality LE BEL |
| HEIM | a village | HUPPAIN |
| KIRKJA | a church, a kirk (Scotland) | CRICQUEVILLE, QUERQUEVILLE |
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|
| HOLM | an island (a piece of ground partly surrounded with water) | TATIHOU island (Manche - 50) |
| MEL | a sandbank | locality LES MIELLES |
Sources : J. RENAUD "Les Vikings et la Normandie"
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Placename | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAAR | the sea | MARE (also used in Normandy to name a little pond) | locality LA MARE |
| HOLMI | an island | HOM(M)E HOU(L)ME | LE HOME-VARAVILLE, TATIHOU, LE HOULME |
| HÖFN | a convenient bay for mooring | HAVRE, HAFN HABLE | LE HAVRE (Seine maritime - 76) |
| KRIKI | a creek, a small bay | CRIQUE | CRIQUEBEUF |
| VIK | a cove, a bight | VIC | CAP LEVI |
| HAKA | a cape, a headland | HOC | La Pointe du Hoc |
| RAS | a current, a tide, a horse | RAZ | La Pointe du Raz (Finistère - 29) |
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Placename | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|---|
| BÛ | a village | BU, BÛ | BOURGUEBUS, LE BÛ-SUR-ROUVRES, BOURGUEBUS, CARQUEBU |
| KIRKJA | a church, a kirk (Scotland) | QUERQUE | QUERQUEVILLE CRICQUEVILLE |
| TOPT | a farm | TÔT | MALTÔT |
| BOL | a yard | BOL | BOLBEC |
| TORP | a hamlet | TOURP | Le Hameau de TORP, CLITOURPS |
| THUEIST THVEIT | a cleared ground | THUIT THVEIT | LE THUIT (Eure - 27) |
| DEILA | a ploughed ground | DELLE | La Grande DELLE |
| GATA | a lane, a street | GATE | HOULGATE |
| HOL-HOLA | a hollow, a cavity | HOULE | HOULGATE |
| Old Norse common nouns | Meaning | Placename | Present normandy placenames |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEKKR BAEK | a brook | BEC | ORBEC, BOLBEC, DRUBEC |
| FLOD | a river | FLEUR | HONFLEUR, BARFLEUR |
| DALR | a valley, a dale | DALE | DIEPPEDALLE |
| HAUGR | a hillock, a knoll | HOUGUE HOGUE | ST VAAST LA HOUGUE LA HOGUETTE |
| BREKA | a hill | BRICQUE | BRICQUEBEC |
| KAMBE | the back of a ground | CAMBE | LA CAMBE, CAMBREMER |
| ØR | the gravel | OR | ORBIQUET |
| LUNDR | a wood, a grove | LONDE | locality LA LONDE |
| BOEQUI | a beech (tree) | BOUQUE | BOUQUELON |
| THORN | a thorn | TOURN | TOURNEBU |
