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The 100 Roots

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North Wind Fable

Domains:
· Mind & speech
· People
· Body
· Nature
· Animals
· Made things
· Actions
· Qualities
· Relation
All 100 roots, grouped by semantic domain. Each root is a broad primitive (so eld covers fire / burn / heat) and each is a legal standalone word. The # is the canonical root number.

A. Being, mind & speech (1–12)

#RootMeaning
1verbe / exist / state
2líflife / alive
3daudeath / cease
4hugmind / think
5vitknow / aware
6vilwant / will
7munremember / memory
8málspeak / language / word
9rópcall / cry / shout
10nafnname / label
11frófeel / emotion
12trúbelieve / trust

B. People & social (13–24)

#RootMeaning
13mannperson / self
14folkpeople / group
15ættkin / family
16vinfriend / ally
17fjandenemy / against
18drótleader / lord / rule
19þjónserve / servant
20gestguest / stranger
21barnchild / young
22kvánspouse / mate
23herarmy / host / crowd
24þingassembly / matter

C. Body & health (25–33)

#RootMeaning
25líkbody / flesh / form
26höndhand / do / handle
27fótfoot / go / leg
28augaeye / see / watch
29eyraear / hear / listen
30munnmouth / eat / opening
31hjartheart / core / center
32blóðblood / vital
33heilwhole / heal / health

D. Nature & matter (34–51)

#RootMeaning
34jörðearth / ground / land
35steinstone / rock
36fjallmountain / height
37vatnwater / liquid
38litcolor / hue — head for color terms (sóllit yellow, himnilit blue); "sea" = stórvatn
39áriver / stream / flow
40eldfire / burn / heat
41ísice / cold / freeze
42snjósnow / white-cold
43vindwind / air / blow
44himnsky / heaven / above
45sólsun / day / bright
46mánmoon / month / cycle
47stjarnstar / point-of-light
48skógforest / wood
49trétree / plank
50grjóngrain / seed / crop
51málmmetal / ore

E. Animals (52–57)

#RootMeaning
52dýranimal / beast
53fuglbird / flyer
54fiskfish / swimmer
55ormsnake / worm / serpent
56hunddog / hound
57hesthorse / steed / mount

F. Made things & dwelling (58–68)

#RootMeaning
58húshouse / building
59borgfortress / town
60vegroad / way / path
61skipship / boat / vessel
62vápnweapon
63verkwork / deed / made-thing
64klæðcloth / garment / cover
65matfood / meal
66gullgold / treasure / wealth
67bókbook / record / written
68hjólwheel / turn / rolling

G. Actions & change (69–82)

#RootMeaning
69fargo / travel / move
70komcome / arrive / reach
71gefgive / grant / offer
72taktake / get / grasp
73germake / do / create
74brjótbreak / destroy
75bindbind / tie / join
76skercut / divide / sever
77sjásee / perceive / look
78finnfind / discover / meet
79bercarry / bear / bring
80vexgrow / increase / wax
81hverfturn / change / become
82standstand / stay / remain

H. Qualities (83–94)

#RootMeaning
83stórbig / great / large
84smásmall / little
85góðgood / well / fine
86illbad / evil / ill
87nýnew / young / fresh
88fornold / ancient / former
89hárhigh / tall / above
90láglow / short / below
91sterkstrong / powerful
92veikweak / soft / faint
93réttright / correct / straight
94rangwrong / crooked / false

I. Relation, quantity & deixis (95–100)

#RootMeaning
95einnone / single / unit
96allall / whole / every
97engnone / not / zero — the negation prefix eng-
98mörgmany / much
99innin / inside / into
100útout / outside / away

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