Norse
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7.4
- adjective
- /nɔrs/
:
nórdico
- Of course, there is Asatru, where those Norse gods still live today.
- Norse mythology
- Norse cosmology
- Norse culture
Switching gears a little bit, there's an interesting set of interviews with Norse Mythology blog.
- Switching gears a little bit, there's an interesting set of interviews with Norse Mythology blog.
- They're just the Norse myths, but Neil Gaiman is writing them.
- This is based off of a lot of Norse mythology, so we have a lot of Norse gods, a lot of like rune magic.
- These might come as Norse longswords, Byzantine shortswords or curved steppe Sabres for ranged combat.
- And in our culture, it's a mixture of Roman and Norse mythologies.
- It's like a Norse empire inspired.
- He gave me the sort of Norse background of the stuff and and gave me his take of what was going on.
Examples
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Rust and barnacles partially obscure the engraved images of Norse gods and demons.
Fiction book (1994) -
Old Norse myth has also been, and still is, a source of varied inspiration in Scandinavian literature.
Academic text (2018) -
...the Hall of Norse Mythology.
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I am studying the relations between certain Norse beliefs and customs, and those in the south.
Fiction book (1998) -
Odin is a major god in Norse mythology.
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It was the World Tree in Norse mythology.
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The Sea of Trolls series by Nancy Farmer builds elements of Norse mythology into a map that includes real locations.
Academic text (2014) -
The sagas of the Norse heroes often explore themes of honor and bravery.
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Many modern languages have borrowed words from ancient Norse culture.
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The Norse gods, including Odin and Thor, are well known from mythology.
Synonyms
28
3.3
Relating to Denmark, Norway, or Sweden and their people, languages, and culture
14
4.6
Relating to the northern European countries like Sweden and Iceland
Compounds
- Specialized
An early form of the Scandinavian languages spoken before 700 AD
Surface Forms
Etymology
Norse as an adjective comes from the same old word for 'north', which is why we use Norse to describe things from northern Scandinavia, like people, culture, or old stories.