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.

Angrboða → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Snorri Sturluson → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Choosers of the slain → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Áss (god) → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Áss

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Norns → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

derived from Old Norse "Skalpaflói" → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Scapa Flow

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Bjarni Herjólfsson → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vinland → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Markland → attestedLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Helluland → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thorvald Eiriksson → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

North Germanic peoples → historicallySpoke → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Oscar → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hrœrekr → nameInLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sykes → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hávamál → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Lokasenna → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Atlamál in grœnlenzku → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hamðismál → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hnoss → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Brísingamen necklace → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Brísingamen

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sýr → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Gefn → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thröng → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Narfi → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ífingr → languageOfAttestation → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

river Ifing → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Geirröd → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hlin → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Fulla → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Syn → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Eir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Saga → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Var → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vor → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vor → languageOfPrimarySources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sjofn → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ýdalir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Lífþrasir → culture → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Lífþrasir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sigurðarkviða → writtenIn → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Kjell → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sons of Ivaldi → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Weapons of Odin → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hymir → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Níðhöggr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ziu (Old High German) → dayOfWeekCognate → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse Týsdagr

spring Hvergelmir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Hvergelmir

this entity surface form: Old Norse

manuscript Wormianus → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Manuscript Wormianus

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Lord of Alfheim → hasLanguageOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse