Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to medieval Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- adj. Of or relating to Norway or its people, language, or culture.
- adj. Of, relating to, or being the branch of the North Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
- n. The people of Scandinavia; the Scandinavians.
- n. The people of Norway; the Norwegians.
- n. Speakers of Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
- n. See North Germanic.
- n. Any of the West Scandinavian languages, especially Norwegian.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the North—that is, to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and their dependencies, including Iceland, etc., comprehended under the name of Scandinavia; pertaining to the language of Scandinavia.
- n. The language of the North—that is, of Norway, Iceland, etc. Specifically— Old Norwegian, practically identical with Old Icelandic, and called especially Old Norse. Old Icelandic, generally called, as in this dictionary, simply Icelandic, except when distinguished from modern Icelandic, represents the ancient Scandinavian tongue.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
- adj. Of, or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.
- n. A collective term for Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
- n. Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.
- n. The ancient language spoken by Vikings, from which modern Scandinavian languages are derived. Icelandic is the most closely related modern version, having changed little due to Iceland's linguistic isolation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.
- n. The Norse language.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
- n. a native or inhabitant of Norway
- adj. of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
- n. an inhabitant of Scandinavia
- n. the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Etymologies
- From Dutch Noorsch, now spelled Noors. (Wiktionary)
- Probably Dutch Noorsch, Scandinavian, from Middle Dutch Noortsch, from nort, north. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“An old tale which has a literary form unusual in its approach to the perfect literary form, is the Norse, _The Three Billy-Goats Gruff_, told by Dasent in _Tales from the Norse_.”
“A converse story is afforded by the first part of the Norse tale translated by Dasent in _Popular Tales from the Norse_, 1888, p. 39, under the title of _Hacon Grizzlebeard_.”
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“Wolves are more prominent in Norse myth, but Greek has some interesting mentions, too.”
“Essentially, in Norse mythology, all events are inevitable because they have already happened and are eternally happening.”
“You have still suggested that, as a Norse Neopagan, I should be prevented from being a foster parent (I would note that I am also an advocate of reviving animal sacrifice within Norse neopaganism).”
“Note that I try to stay up to speed on this issue because I am a proponent for reviving animal sacrifice within Norse Paganism.”
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“Have you always been interested in Norse mythology?”
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“Was it your hope that American Gods might encourage a renewed interest in Norse mythology?”
“Prominent in Norse myth is the God Loki, who is a trickster god associated with fire and magic.”
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