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.

Gerd → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Garmr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Vigrid plain → nameLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ansgar → languageOfEvangelization → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

conversion of Iceland at the Althing → languageOfPrimarySources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ingegerd Olofsdotter → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Nanna → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Óðr → culture → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Gylfaginning → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Miðgarðr → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Mardöll → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hrungnir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Irene of Sweden → languageOfUse → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Fensalir → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Helheim

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Náströnd → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

gates of Hel → languageOfPrimarySources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Hel (goddess) → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Hel

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Leod → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Noatun → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

light elves → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

subject surface form: Light elves

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thrúd → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Lædingr → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Dromi → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Haakon the Good → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Íslendingasögur → mainLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Iduna → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thjazi → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Líf → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sköll → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Thrym → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Kvasir → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ásbrú → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Sindri → languageOfName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Saga of Halfdan the Black → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Kjartan Ólafsson → languageOfWork → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Reykjabók → language → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Bishop of Greenland → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

the Red → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Brattahlíð → hasLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Danelaw → languageUsed → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ólafur pái Höskuldsson → culture → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Grettir Ásmundarson → languageOfSources → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Glámr → culture → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Norse colonies in Greenland → usedLanguage → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Snorri goði → languageOfUse → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Ásdís → languageOfWork → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

Atli Grettisson → languageOfWork → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse

New Norwegian → influencedBy → Old Norse language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Norse