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Norse

 
Dictionary: Norse   (nôrs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to medieval Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
  2. Of or relating to Norway or its people, language, or culture.
  3. Of, relating to, or being the branch of the North Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
n.
    1. The people of Scandinavia; the Scandinavians.
    2. The people of Norway; the Norwegians.
    3. Speakers of Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
    1. See North Germanic.
    2. Any of the West Scandinavian languages, especially Norwegian.

[Probably Dutch Noorsch, Scandinavian, from Middle Dutch Noortsch, from nort, north.]


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A general term used to describe the people and cultural traditions of communities living in, or migrating out from, Norway during the later 1st and early 2nd millennia ad. The term is sometimes misused to refer to all Scandinavian peoples of this period. See also Vikings.

 
Norse, another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). The modern Norse languages-Danish, Faeroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish-all stem from an earlier form of Norse known as Old Norse. Now extinct, Old Norse was the language spoken by the Germanic tribes living in Scandinavia before A.D. 1000. It was first written in runes, some examples of which go back to the 3d cent. A.D., but later the Roman alphabet was used. The earliest extant Old Norse manuscripts in the Roman alphabet are from the 12th cent. Old Norse is also noteworthy as the language of the Eddas and sagas (see Old Norse literature; Icelandic literature).

Bibliography

See E. V. Garden, An Introduction to Old Norse (2d ed. 1957).


WordNet: Norse
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: an inhabitant of Scandinavia
  Synonyms: Scandinavian, Northman

Meaning #2: a native or inhabitant of Norway
  Synonyms: Norwegian, Norseman

Meaning #3: the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
  Synonyms: Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, North Germanic, North Germanic language


The adjective Norse has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
  Synonym: Scandinavian

Meaning #2: of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
  Synonym: Norwegian
  Pertains to noun: Norway (meaning #1)


Translations: Norse
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nordboer, nordmand
adj. - norsk, nordboer

Nederlands (Dutch)
Noors, Scandinaafs, Scandinavisch, Scandinaviërs, de Vikingen

Français (French)
n. - norrois, les Scandinaves
adj. - nordique

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Alt)norwegisch, skandinavische Sprachen, Norweger, Wikinger
adj. - (alt)norwegisch, altnordisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νορβηγική γλώσσα, νορβηγικά
adj. - νορβηγικός

Italiano (Italian)
norvegese

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escandinavo (m)
adj. - escandinavo

Русский (Russian)
скандинавская группа языков, скандинавский

Español (Spanish)
n. - nórdico, escandinavo, noruego
adj. - nórdico, escandinavo, noruego

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nordmännen, forn/öst/västnordiska språket
adj. - nordisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
古北欧人, 挪威语, 古挪威人, 古代斯堪的纳维亚的, 挪威的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 古北歐人, 挪威語, 古挪威人
adj. - 古代斯堪的納維亞的, 挪威的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 노르웨이 말[사람]
adj. - 북구의, 노르웨이[사람,말]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ノルウェーの, ノルウェー人の, 古代北欧の
n. - 古代スカンジナビア人, ノルウェー人, 古代ノルウェー人, 西スカンジナビア語, ノルウェー語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الاسكندينافيون (صفه) اسكندنافي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הנורבגים, נורבגית (שפה), הוויקינגים, קבוצת הלשונות הסקנדינביות‬
adj. - ‮של נורבגיה או הנורבגים, של סקנדינביה העתיקה או תושביה‬


 
 
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N. (abbreviation)
ON (abbreviation)
Ran (Norse goddess of the sea)

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  • N. (abbreviation)
  • ON (abbreviation)
  • Ran (Norse goddess of the sea)
  • Hel (Norse goddess of death and the underworld)