S
- saga
- saga (="story, tale")
- sale
- sala
- same
- same, samr (="same")
- scale
- (for weighing) from skal (="bowl, drinking cup", or in plural "weighing scale" referring to the cup or pan part of a balance) in early English used to mean "cup"
- scant
- skamt & skammr (="short, lacking")
- scare
- skirra (="to frighten)
- scarf
- skarfr (="fastening joint") (interestingly, "scarf" and "scarves" have been reintroduced to modern Swedish in their English forms)
- scathe
- skaða (="to hurt, injure")
- score
- skor (="notch"; "twenty")
- scrape
- skrapa (="to scrape, erase")
- scrap
- skrap (="scraps, trifles") from skrapa
- seat
- sæti (="seat, position")
- seem
- sœma (="to conform")
- shake
- skaka (="to shake")
- skate
- skata (="fish")
- skid
- probably from or related to Old Norse skið (="stick of wood") and related to "ski" (="stick of wood", or in this sense "snowshoe")
- skill
- skil (="distinction")
- skin
- skinn (="animal hide")
- skip
- skopa (="to skip, run)
- skirt
- skyrta (="shirt")
- skull
- skulle (="head")
- sky
- ský (="cloud")
- slant
- sletta, slenta (="to throw carelessly")
- slaughter
- *slahtr (="butchering")
- slaver
- slafra (="slaver")
- sledge
- sleggja (="sledgehammer")
- sleight
- slœgð
- sleuth
- sloð (="trail")
- sly
- sloegr (="cunning, crafty, sly")
- snare
- snara (="noose, snare")
- snub
- snubba (="to curse")
- sprint
- spretta (="to jump up")
- stagger
- stakra (="to push")
- stain
- steina (="to paint")
- stammer
- stemma (="to hinder, damn up")
- steak
- steik, steikja (="to fry")
- sway
- sveigja (="to bend, swing, give way")
Read more about this topic: List Of English Words Of Old Norse Origin