As the subject has already been fully dealt with by Celtic scholars,[163] only the more important loan words are given here:--
O. Ir. _at-cluic_, also _clocc-att_ ‘a helmet.’ _att_ = O.N. _hattr_, ‘a hat,’ while _cluic_ = M. Ir. _clocenn_, ‘a head.’
M. Ir. _allsmann_; O.N. _halsmen_, ‘a necklace.’
M. Ir. _bossan_; O.N. _púss_, ‘a small bag or purse hanging from the belt.’
M. Ir. _cnapp_; O.N. _knappr_, ‘a button.’
M. Ir. _elta_; O.N. _hjalt_, ‘a hilt’ (of a sword).
M. Ir. _mattal_; O.N. _möttull_, ‘a cloak.’
M. Ir. _mergge_; O.N. _merki_, ‘a flag’ or ‘banner.’
M. Ir. _sceld_; O.N. _sköjldr_, ‘a shield.’
O. Ir. _scot_, lin _scoit_; O.N. _skaut_, ‘a cloth,’ or ‘sheet.’
M. Ir. _starga_; O.N. _targa_, ‘a shield.’
M. Ir. _fuindeog_; O.N. _vindauga_, ‘a window.’
M. Ir. _garda_; O.N. _garthr_, ‘a garden.’
M. Ir. _sparr_; O.N. _sparri_, ‘a rafter.’
O. Ir. _armand_, _armann_; O.N. _ármathr_, ‘an officer.’
M. Ir. _callaire_; O.N. _kallari_, ‘a herald.’
M. Ir. _gunnfann_; O.N. _gunnfáni_, ‘a battle standard.’
O. Ir. _erell_; M. Ir. _iarla_; O.N. _jarl_, ‘an earl.’
M. Ir. _lagmainn_;[165] O.N. _lögmenn_, plural of _lögmathr_, ‘a lawman.’
M. Ir. _sráid_; O.N. _straeti_, ‘a street.’
M. Ir. _sreang_; O.N. _strengr_, ‘a string.’
M. Ir. _tráill_; O.N. _thraell_, ‘a slave.’
M. Ir. _trosg_; O.N. _thorskr_, ‘codfish.’
O. Ir. _ustaing_; O.N. _hústhing_, ‘an assembly.’
Certain old Norse words and phrases which are to be found in Irish texts also go to show the familiarity of the Irish with the Norse language. They may be mentioned here, although they are not loan-words, but rather attempts on the part of the Irish authors to reproduce the speech of the foreigners:--
_cing._[167] O.N. _konungr_, or possibly A.S. _cyning_.
_conung_ (_Three Fragments of Annals_, pp. 126, 194, 228). O.N. _konungr_, ‘a king.’
“_Faras Domnall?_” (_War of “_Hvar es Domhnall?_” “Where the Gaedhil with the Gaill_; is Domhnall?” p. 174).
“_Sund a sniding_,” was the O. Ir. _sund_, “here.” reply. O.N. _nithingr_, “here, rascal.”
fíut (_Book of Leinster_, 172, a, 7). O.N. _hvítr_, ‘white.’
_Infuit_, a personal name; O.N. _hvítr_, ‘white.’ _War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill_, p. 78.
_litill_ (_ibid._, p. 84). O.N. _lítill_, ‘little.’
_mikle_ (_Three Fragments of O.N. _míkill_, ‘much.’ Annals_, p. 176).