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