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.

Björn → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Þrúðr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Eirik → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Eirik → hasEtymologicalRoot → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse Eiríkr

Jerrik → nameElementOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Cnut the Great → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Amlaíb → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Old Norse name Áleifr → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Áleifr

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Old Norse name Óláfr → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Óláfr

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Kirk is derived from Old Norse kirkja meaning church → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirk (surname element)

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ólafur → languageOfEtymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Beck → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Olaf Tryggvason → languageSpoken → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Yorkshire English → historicalInfluence → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Olov → hasOriginInLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Olof Skötkonung → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Modi → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Tanngrisnir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Tanngnjóstr → culture → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

belt of strength Megingjörð → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Megingjörð

this entity surface form: Old Norse

iron gloves Járngreipr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Járngreipr

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Middle English vowel system → underInfluenceOf → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Þrúðvangr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

King of the Danes → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thyra → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

House of Knýtlinga → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Jelling dynasty → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Jelling stones → inscriptionLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Jelling → inscriptionLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Borge → hasNameOriginLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Svinesund → hasNameEtymologyLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Gorm the Old → nativeLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Margaret Skulesdatter → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

House of Sverre → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Dagr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

East Scandinavian → developedFrom → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Isabel Bruce → languageSpoken → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Helga → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Eastern Settlement, Greenland → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Earldom of Orkney → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Earl of Orkney → hasLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Orkneyinga saga → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Finn Arnesson → languageSpoken → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thorfinn Sigurdsson → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Haakon the Young → nativeLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Norse culture → usesLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Þórsteinn → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Fårö Gutnish → hasAncestor → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Gutar → ethnonymLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse