Old Norwegian

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North Germanic language historical language medieval language

Old Norwegian is a historical North Germanic language variety spoken in medieval Norway that represents the early stage of the modern Norwegian language.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Norse	2
Old West Norse	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North Germanic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ medieval language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Old East Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Danish Old Icelandic ⓘ Old East Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Swedish
country	Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
developedFrom	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse Old Icelandic ⓘ surface form: Old West Norse
developedInto	Middle Norwegian ⓘ modern Norwegian ⓘ
earlyFormOf	Bokmål ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ Nynorsk ⓘ
endOfUse	late Middle Ages ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
glottologStatus	often treated under Old Norse ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	four-case system ⓘ
hasDialect	Eastern Norwegian dialects (medieval) ⓘ Trøndelag dialects (medieval) ⓘ Western Norwegian dialects (medieval) ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
hasMood	imperative ⓘ indicative ⓘ subjunctive ⓘ
hasNumber	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
ISOStatus	no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European North Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: North Germanic
spokenIn	Norwegian settlements in the North Atlantic ⓘ medieval Norway ⓘ
subclassOf	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages North Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: North Germanic Old Norwegian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
timePeriod	c. 11th century ⓘ c. 12th century ⓘ c. 13th century ⓘ c. 14th century ⓘ
usedIn	Norwegian law codes ⓘ Norwegian royal charters ⓘ religious texts ⓘ sagas ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Old East Norse → closelyRelatedTo → Old Norwegian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old West Norse

Old Icelandic → closelyRelatedTo → Old Norwegian ⓘ

Norwegian language → developedFrom → Old Norwegian ⓘ

Old Gutnish → distinctFrom → Old Norwegian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old West Norse

Old Gutnish → distinctFrom → Old Norwegian ⓘ

North Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Old Norwegian ⓘ

Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles → languageOfPrimarySources → Old Norwegian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Old Norwegian → subclassOf → Old Norwegian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse