Old Norse language

E515673

North Germanic language historical language

Old Norse was the North Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age and is the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages like Icelandic and Norwegian.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Old Norse	195
Old Norse language canonical	4
Old Norse Eiríkr	1
Old Norse Týsdagr	1
Old Norse Ullinshof	1
Old Norse Þrymheimr	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North Germanic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
ancestorOf	Danish ⓘ Faroese ⓘ Icelandic ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Old English ⓘ Old High German NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	four grammatical cases ⓘ
hasDialect	Old East Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Gutnish NERFINISHED ⓘ Old West Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Heimskringla NERFINISHED ⓘ Icelandic sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ Prose Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ Íslendingabók NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumber	dual (in pronouns) ⓘ plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
influenced	English vocabulary ⓘ Norman toponymy ⓘ Scottish Gaelic toponymy ⓘ
ISO639-2	non ⓘ
languageBranch	Germanic ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European
languageSubbranch	North Germanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Faroe Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Viking Age settlements in Ireland ⓘ Viking Age settlements in Normandy ⓘ Viking Age settlements in the British Isles ⓘ Viking Age settlements in the North Atlantic ⓘ
status	extinct language ⓘ
subclassOf	Germanic language ⓘ Old Scandinavian language ⓘ
timeEnd	circa 14th century ⓘ
timeStart	circa 8th century ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (203)

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

Ingrid → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

Treaty of Wedmore → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ullensaker → nameDerivedFrom → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse Ullinshof

William Longsword → languageSpoken → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Danish people → historicalLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Randolph → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Norse settlement of Iceland → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Finn → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Svínoy → hasNameOriginLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Gustav → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Faroese → historicalLanguageFamily → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Old Norse literature → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ragnar → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

Tor → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ingólfr Arnarson → languageSpoken → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Arne → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Harald → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Maeshowe → hasInscriptionLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hjalmar → linguisticOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Erik → linguisticOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Grisedale Beck → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Valhalla → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Jarl → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

Haakon → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Erling → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Crimean Gothic → relatedTo → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Varangians → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Tove → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Svear → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ralph → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Margaret I of Denmark → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Alvar → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Einar → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Frost Giants → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hofund → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Yule → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sindarin → inspiredBy → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Liv → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Geir → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Bror → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

Valhalla → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Magni → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vili → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vé → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Mímir's well → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sleipnir → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Freki → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Geri → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Randal → etymologicalLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Björn → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse