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  • proper noun Plural form of Norseman.

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Examples

  • Because they were sometimes called Norsemen, their region became known as Normandy and they were called Normans.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Because they were sometimes called Norsemen, their region became known as Normandy and they were called Normans.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In addition to that as we read history we come down through the period and we find that there came to England young men like Canute and Hardicanute, the Norsemen from the north, those men who were inspired by that desire of adventure which took them into all the seas of the world, and made of England the nation which is Mistress of the Seas, and whose colonies can be found in every island and upon every continent today.

    The West and Canada's Problem 1927

  • Olaf Triggvison saw him approaching, and again calling his Norsemen to follow him, he leapt over the rail and landed on the enemy's deck.

    Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton

  • But there is a second link, ere we come to the Norsemen, which is strong enough to merit the favorable consideration of the scientific man, for it rests on evidence worthy serious investigation.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • The Norsemen were the more prone to these superstitions, because itwas a favourite fancy of theirs that, in many instances, the change fromlife to death altered the temper of the human spirit from benignant tomalevolent; or perhaps, that when the soul left the body, its departurewas occasionally supplied by a wicked demon, who took the opportunity toenter and occupy its late habitation.

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 1885

  • When I was a boy, my father, whose memory was stored with innumerable scraps of the old viking sagas, or stories, used to tell me about the discovery of Vinland by the Norsemen, which is just the land that seems to have been re-discovered by Columbus and Cabot.

    The Crew of the Water Wagtail 1859

  • Scandinavians, there are found multitudes of inscriptions in the ancient alphabet of the Norsemen, which is called the Runic.

    Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

  • The Norsemen were the more prone to these superstitions, because it was

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Walter Scott 1801

  • Up next for Anderson and the Norsemen is a Little Ten Conference game at Paw Paw on Friday followed by the annual Plano Christmas Classic that is scheduled for Dec. 26-30.

    The Times Today's News 2009

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