American English pronunciation
How to pronounce norse
IPA transcription: ['nɔɹs]
Pronunciation variants: ['nɔɹs]['nɚs]
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Noun
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an inhabitant of Scandinavia
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a native or inhabitant of Norway
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the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Adjective
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of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
“Norse sagas”
“Norse nomads”
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of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
“Norwegian herring”
Usage examples
- I find Norse and Celtic iconography fascinating.
- Midgard is a realm in Norse mythology.
- The role of Borr in Norse mythology is unclear.
- The Out Skerries have been permanently inhabited from the Norse period onwards.
- The Old Norse form of the name was "Heitrardalr".
- His earliest work concerned morphological problems in the Germanic languages, Onomasiology and Norse mythology.
- Both names are derived from the Old Norse 'faerey', "sheep island".
- Signifying a cape or extended promontory, "Langness" literally means "long promontory" in Old Norse.
- Celtic, Norse, and Neopagan holidays follow the order of the Wheel of the Year.
- Thor was one of the Norse gods.