Ofurlítill: tiny, remarkably small
stúlka: girl
foreldrar: parents
ósköp: enormity
fátækur: poor
eiga engan að: be alone in the world, have no kith or kin
hvergi: nowhere
skjól: shelter, cover
athvarf: refuge, shelter
láta fyrir berast undir berum himni: bivouac
rúm: bed
loks: finally
föt: clothes
fatagarmar: rags, tatters, wornout clothes
dálítill: little, small, short
hleifur: loaf (of bread)
brauð: bread
vænn: kind (góður); handsome (fríður); promising, hopeful; big (stór)
here in the meaning 'kind' (góður)
guðhræddur: godfearing