Norse

See also: norse

English

Etymology

Partly from Dutch Noorsch (now Noors (“Norwegian”)), from noordsch (“northern; nordic”); and partly from Danish norsk (“Norwegian”). Both equivalent to north +‎ -ish. Doublet of Norsk.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: nôrs, IPA^(key): /noɹs/, [no̞ɹs]

  Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːs/

  Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): /nɔːɹs/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /nɔːs/

Adjective

Norse (comparative more Norse, superlative most Norse)

1. Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
2. Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

Derived terms

• Norse-American

Translations

of Scandinavia/Norway

• Bulgarian: норвежки (norvežki)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北歐 / 北欧 (bak¹ au¹)

  Mandarin: 北歐 / 北欧 (zh) (Běi-Ōu)

• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Esperanto: norena
• Faroese: norrønur
• French: norrois (fr) m

  Old French: norrois m

• Galician: nórdico m
• Icelandic: norrænn (is) m
• Italian: norreno (it) m
• Japanese: 北欧 (ja) (hokuou)
• Norwegian: norrøn
• Portuguese: nórdico (pt) m
• Russian: древнескандина́вский (ru) (drevneskandinávskij), норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij) (Norwegian)
• Swahili: -a Kinorsi
• Turkish: Nors (tr)

of North Germanic languages

• Esperanto: norena
• Faroese: norrønur
• French: nordique (fr) m or f
• Galician: nórdico m
• German: altnordisch (de)
• Icelandic: norrænn (is) m
• Italian: norreno (it) m
• Norwegian: norrøn
• Portuguese: nórdico (pt) m
• Swahili: -a Kinorsi
• Swedish: norrön (sv), fornnordisk (sv)
• Turkish: Norsça

Noun

Norse pl (plural only)

1. The collective Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
2. Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.

Translations

Scandinavian/Norwegian people

• Bulgarian: скандинавци (bg) m pl (skandinavci)
• French: les Nordiques m pl
• Icelandic: Norðurlandabúar m pl
• Italian: i norreni m pl
• Russian: скандина́вы (ru) m pl (skandinávy)
• Swahili: Wanorsi

speakers of any North Germanic language

• French: les Nordiques m pl
• Norwegian: Norrøns m pl
• Swahili: Wanorsi

Proper noun

Norse

1. Synonym of Old Norse

Translations

The ancient language spoken by Vikings

• Faroese: norrønt (fo) n
• Finnish: muinaisnorja (fi)
• Icelandic: norræna (is) f, fornnorræna (is) f
• Irish: Lochlannais f
• Italian: norreno (it) m
• Norwegian: norrønt (no) n
• Swahili: Kinorsi
• Swedish: fornnordiska (sv) c

Noun

Norse (uncountable)

2. (US printing, rare, dated) A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+¹⁄₂-point type.

Related terms

• Middle Norse
• New Norse
• Nordic
• Nordish

Translations

2½-point type

• Dutch: microscoop (nl), microscopie (nl)
• French: microscopique (fr)
• German: Microscopique

References

• Norse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, snore, seron, Ensor, neros, senor, señor, rosen, Roens, Neros, Rones