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1·English got the word from Old Norse, not Africa.

英语是从古斯堪的纳维亚语，而不是非洲，得到这个词的。

2·Its name derives from two Old Norse words meaning 'god' and 'meadow'.

其名称来源于两个意思分别为“神”和“草地”的古斯堪的纳维亚语汇。

3·Old Norse legends say that the gods secured eternal youth by eating apples.

根据古老的北欧传说，神靠吃苹果永葆青春。

4·Who could safely sort out ea, as in Eton, meaning a river, from ey, Old Norse for island?

谁能够安全正确地分辨ea，例如Eton、代表一条河，和ey、在古北欧语代表岛屿？

5·Or lens which comes from the Latin lentil or window meaning eye of wind in old Norse?

有多少人知道”镜片”是来自于拉丁语中的”小扁豆”还有在古挪威语中”窗户”其实是指”风眼”呢？

6·A collection of Old Norse poems, called the Elder or Poetic Edda, assembled in the early 3th century.

古代斯堪的纳维亚诗集，称老埃达或诗体埃达，3世纪早期成书。

7·From the old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky.

从挪威神话中，人们产生一种想法：13个人坐在一起聚餐是不吉利的。

8·Its theme is the Jotnar, the giants of Old Norse tradition, but you can spot the odd Norse god if you keep an eye out.

它的主题是北欧巨人，老诺尔斯传统的巨人，但是如果你仔细观察，可以发现一些不大一样的诺尔斯神。

9·Erik was on the lam (from the Old Norse word lemja) for killing a man who had refused to return some borrowed bedsteads.

埃里克大开杀戒，腰斩了一名拒绝归还所借床架的男子。

10·Etymonline pushes the date for the parents of brittle even further back, invoking proto-germanic, Old High German and Old Norse.

把brittle的祖先再往前推了不少年份，触及古日耳曼语，古高地德语，以及古斯堪地那维亚语。