| VALHALLA | Old Norse 'heaven' (8) |
| CAPTIONS | Compiler's heading to appropriate island to conserve Old Norse legends (8) |
| NICKNAME | Familiar name for a person, stemming from a word in old Norse (8) |
| GRASMOOR | Cumbrian mountain deriving its name from the Old Norse for 'wild boar' (8) |
| CLIPPING | A snippet for a scrapbook, shaved-off piece of coin or pared twig of a tree's limb, each from the Old Norse for "cut, shear, trim" (8) |
| ONCEOVER | Old Norse guard taking in English examination (4,4) |
| INFORMON | Fashionable class, Old Norse, to sell out (6,2) |
| THORN | An Old English and Old Norse letter (5) |
| DONATED | Gave 'old-fashioned' to describe Old Norse (7) |
| THORNS | Old English and Old Norse letters representing "th" (6) |
| SHEEN | Word, from the Old English for "beautiful" and related to the Old Norse for "white horse", for lustre; or, glistening or splendid attire (5) |
| YULE | From an Old Norse name for a 12-day pagan festival celebrated at the winter solstice, an Old English word for "December, January" and also for "Christmastide" (4) |
| FELLOWS | Old Norse partners in shared financial or economic undertakings, aka money partners, today's chaps, comrades, distinguished scholars, old boys, peers or university graduates (7) |
| EDDA | Collection of Old Norse poetry (4) |
| SAGA | *Long and complicated story, Old Norse |
| EDDIC | Relating to old Norse verse |
| RUNIC | Like Old Norse letters |
| HEL | Loki's daughter: Old Norse |
| ODIN | Old Norse god |
| ONE | Old Norse and English, united |
