Old Norse language
E515673
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.
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.