Norse
- noun
- /nɔrs/
:
nórdico
- And one of the things that has fascinated me is the period when the Norse settled first Iceland and then Greenland.
And one of the things that has fascinated me is the period when the Norse settled first Iceland and then Greenland.
- And one of the things that has fascinated me is the period when the Norse settled first Iceland and then Greenland.
- But he was the Norse because he couldn't have normality.
Examples
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Many Norse legends recount the adventures of gods and heroes in the ancient world.
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But we've once again drawn from the Norse traditions there so that it's Frigga.
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They were a Norse people who had settled along the north-south merchant routes, assimilating with the Slavs of modern Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
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One such Viking was Rollo, A Norse war chief whose relentless raids in the lower Sand Valley had made him the bane of the Kingdom of West Frankia.
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One such Viking was Rollo, A Norse war chief whose relentless raids in the lower Sen valley had made him the bane of the Kingdom of West Frankia.
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The Norse sailed across the sea to explore new lands and establish settlements.
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In museums, you can find artifacts from the Norse who once inhabited Scandinavia.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person from Denmark
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2.6
A person from Sweden
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2.9
A person from Denmark, Norway, or Sweden
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9.9
A man from northern Europe who lived during the Viking Age
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8.8
A man from Norway in the Viking age
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4.0
A person from northern Europe who raided and settled other lands long ago
A woman from Norway during the Viking Age
A woman from Scandinavia in northern Europe
A person from Norway
Compounds
- Specialized
An early form of the Scandinavian languages spoken before 700 AD
Surface Forms
Etymology
Norse comes from an old word meaning 'north', so a Norse person was originally someone from the northern lands like Norway and other parts of Scandinavia, often in ancient times such as the Viking Age.