Norse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Norse \Norse\ (n[^o]rs), prop. a. [Dan. Norsk, fr. nord north.
     See {North}.]
     Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language
     spoken by its inhabitants.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Norse \Norse\, prop. n.
     The Norse language.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Norse
       adj 1: of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures;
              "Norse sagas"; "Norse nomads" [syn: {Scandinavian}]
       2: of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or
          language; "Norwegian herring" [syn: {Norwegian}]
       n 1: an inhabitant of Scandinavia [syn: {Scandinavian}, {Northman}]
       2: a native or inhabitant of Norway [syn: {Norwegian}, {Norseman}]
       3: the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in
          Scandinavia and Iceland [syn: {Scandinavian}, {Scandinavian
          language}, {Nordic}, {North Germanic}, {North Germanic
          language}]