Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 7 compound words that contain norse. The most common are listed below. Open norse in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- Old NorseThe language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.
- Proto-NorseAn Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.
- Old East Norsethe Eastern dialect of Old Norse that evolved into Danish and Swedish
- Old West Norsethe Western dialect of Old Norse that evolved into Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese
- East NorseSynonym of East Scandinavian: A branch of the North Germanic language family, comprising modern Swedish, Danish, and their related dialects.
- Greenlandic NorseAn extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Norse settlements of Greenland until their demise in the late 15th century.
- Norse-GaelicPertaining to the Viking raiders who settled Ireland and western Scotland and assimilated into the local Gaelic culture
- Norse TraditionThe religion of Heathenry, a modern faith inspired by the ancient pagan beliefs of the Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
- Middle NorseSynonym of Middle Norwegian: The interim language in Norway between 1350 (the Black Plague) and 1525. An amalgam of Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, following Old Norwegian (Old Norse).
- New NorseSynonym of New Norwegian: Nynorsk; Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this
- Norse-AmericanOf both Norwegian and American ancestry.
Compound words 7
- NorsemanA medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
- NorsewomanA female mediaeval Scandinavian or Viking.
- NorselandThe land where the Norsemen lived.
- NorsenessQuality of being Norse.
- Norsemenplural of Norseman: A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
- Norselandersplural of Norselander: A native or inhabitant of Norseland.
- Norsewomenplural of Norsewoman: A female mediaeval Scandinavian or Viking.