Old Norse

Dictionary: Old Norse

The North Germanic languages until the middle of the 14th century.
1. Old Icelandic.
2. Old Norwegian.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Old Norse language

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Classical Germanic language used c. 1150 – 1350, the literary language of the Icelandic sagas, skaldic poetry, and Eddas. The terms Old Norse and Old Icelandic are sometimes used interchangeably because Icelandic records of this period are more plentiful and of greater literary value than those in the other Scandinavian languages, but Old Norse also embraces the ancestors of modern Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Faroese.

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WordNet: Old Norse

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350

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	ON (abbreviation)
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