Norse

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Norse is a historical North Germanic language group, including Old Norse, that was spoken by the Vikings and significantly influenced many modern Scandinavian and North Atlantic languages.

All labels observed (10)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language group
historical language group
associatedWith Norse mythology
Norse sagas
Viking Age
surface form: Viking culture
developedFrom Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
surface form: Proto-Indo-European

Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Proto-Norse
hasDescendant Danish language
Elfdalian
Faroese language
Icelandic language
Norn language
Norwegian language
Swedish language
hasDialect Old East Norse
Old Gutnish
Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old West Norse
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
runic alphabet
includes Old Norse
influenced Danish language
English language
Faroese language
Greenlandic Norse
Icelandic language
Norn language
Norwegian language
Scots
surface form: Scots language

Swedish language
languageFamily Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Germanic
region Northern Europe
spokenBy Viking Age
surface form: Vikings
spokenIn British Isles
Denmark
Shetland
surface form: Faroe Islands

Greenland
Iceland
North Atlantic islands
Norway
Northern Europe
surface form: Scandinavia

Sweden
subclassOf Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
timePeriod Viking Age
c. 8th to 14th century
early Middle Ages
usedIn Viking Age

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Referenced by (140)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rurik culturalOrigin Norse
Proto-Norse successor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Askival hasNameOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Danish conquest of England languageOfPrimarySources Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Battle of Stamford Bridge languageOfPrimarySources Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Norse phonology partOf Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse language
Gutnish hasAncestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gutnish sharesFeaturesWith Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
valkyries languageOfOrigin Norse
subject surface form: Valkyries
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Nine Worlds languageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Norse morphology appliesTo Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse language
Poetic Edda language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Jotunheim languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Prose Edda language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Ragnarok languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Vanaheim languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Niflheim mythology Norse
Niflheim languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Muspelheim languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gjallarhorn culture Norse
Old Icelandic subclassOf Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Icelandic subclassOf Norse
this entity surface form: West Norse
Old Icelandic developedFrom Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Frigg languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Jormungandr languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Njord nameLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Alfheim languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Sif languageOfSources Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Fenrir languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Idunn languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Midgard languageOfName Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Bifrost languageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gardar usedLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Erik the Red ethnicity Norse
Erik the Red language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Eastern Settlement languageOfInhabitants Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Vikings language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Western Settlement language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Dagmar hasOriginInLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Icelandic ancestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Standard Icelandic linguisticAncestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Trøndersk dialect hasHistoricalInfluence Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Cross Fell nameOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Osborne hasEtymologicalOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Insular Celtic languages influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
West Scandinavian languages developedFrom Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Sleights etymologyLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Hrólfr language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Maccus hasLanguageOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse