> I've been looking at old norse words for god and spirit, but old norse
> dictionaries aren't that easy to find.
Some Old English, per chance?
Words for gods include 'god' (ok not so helpful), 'upgodu' has a nice ring for spirits of the air, 'Os' has definite possibilities, while 'deathgodas' (th=thorn) for the infernal deities is also unsurprising.
A 'gast' is a spirit. A murderous spirit is a 'waekgaest'. A 'faul' is an evil spirit'. 'Deathscua' is believe it or not, a spirit of death. An 'ellorgaest' is a spirit from somewhere else.
'Gydig' is one possessed by a god. (godi, gyrda).
These all reflect literate, monotheist, Christian Anglo-Saxon England. Looking further back (via Brian Bate's 'The Way of Wyrd') we are reminded that Anglo-Saxons dealt with spirits based around the concepts of 'wyrd' and life-force or breath, neither unfamiliar to your average Heortling.
John
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