Old Norse Orðbók

Old Norse dictionary for Node.js. Scraped from an online dictonary.

Literal meaning: orð = word, bók = book.

Examples

• Orðbók Knex - SQL implementation with Knex.js
• Orðbók MongoDB - MongoDB implementation with default MongoDB driver.
• Orðbók JSON - JSON backup of the dataset. Incase original becomes unavailable.

Install

yarn add old-norse-ordbok

Usage

Orðbók scrapes the dictionary data using Puppeteer. The dictionary comes in two forms: either Old Norse -> English, or English -> Old Norse. The versions are not identical nor do they contain the same amount of words. This is a feature in the source material.

Old Norse -> English: 4589 words. English -> Old Norse: 7712 words.

Words are returned in array of:

{
    word: String,
    definition: String,
    type: String,
    gender: String,
    branch: String,
}

Get dictionary data:

const { oldNorseToEnglish, englishToOldNorse } = require('old-norse-ordbok')

const oldNorse = await oldNorseToEnglish()
const english = await englishToOldNorse()

console.log(oldNorse)
console.log(english)

Sources

Scraped from word list compiled by Vikings of Bjornstad. The sources for the compiled list come from:

• A. Richard Diebold Center for Indo-European Language and Culture, Linguistics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Old Norse Online Base Form Dictionary, Jonathan Slocum and Todd B. Krause, http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/eieol/norol-BF.html
• E.V. Gordon, An Introduction to Old Norse, Oxford University Press; 2 edition (July 23, 1981), ISBN 9780198111849
• Jesse L. Byock, Viking Language 1, Jules William Press, © 2013, ISBN 9781480216440
• Ross G. Arthur, English-Old Norse Dictionary, www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/English-Old_Norse.pdf
• Jackson Crawford, YouTube Old Norse lecture series, Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Regia Anglorum: Mik Lawson: miklawson@yahoo.co.uk, http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/8/sayers.html
• The Society for Creative Anachronism: http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep04/12norsecurse.html
• https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/knowledge-of-sailing/the-ships-crew/crewmembers-in-the-viking-age/barber-surgeon