Norse

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Norse is a historical North Germanic language group, including Old Norse, that was spoken by the Vikings and significantly influenced many modern Scandinavian and North Atlantic languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language group
historical language group
associatedWith Norse mythology
Norse sagas
Viking Age
surface form: Viking culture
developedFrom Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
surface form: Proto-Indo-European

Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Proto-Norse
hasDescendant Danish language
Elfdalian
Faroese language
Icelandic language
Norn language
Norwegian language
Swedish language
hasDialect Old East Norse
Old Gutnish
Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old West Norse
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
runic alphabet
includes Old Norse
influenced Danish language
English language
Faroese language
Greenlandic Norse
Icelandic language
Norn language
Norwegian language
Scots
surface form: Scots language

Swedish language
languageFamily Norse self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Germanic
region Northern Europe
spokenBy Viking Age
surface form: Vikings
spokenIn British Isles
Denmark
Shetland
surface form: Faroe Islands

Greenland
Iceland
North Atlantic islands
Norway
Northern Europe
surface form: Scandinavia

Sweden
subclassOf Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
timePeriod Viking Age
c. 8th to 14th century
early Middle Ages
usedIn Viking Age

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kirk hasLanguageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Middle English influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Norse developedFrom Norse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Proto-Norse
Norse hasDialect Norse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old West Norse
Norse languageFamily Norse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Danish language historicalAncestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Normans hasOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Norsemen
Normans nameEtymology Norse
this entity surface form: derived from "Northmen"
Isle of Man (crown dependency) historicalHeritage Norse
subject surface form: Isle of Man
Old English influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Anglo-Frisian dialects distinctFrom Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Scots influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Norwegian language developedFrom Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Faroese language ancestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Faroese language closelyRelatedTo Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Gutnish closelyRelatedTo Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Gutnish influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Elfdalian hasHistoricalOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Norse mythology associatedWithLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Greenlandic Norse language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Norse sagas language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Swedish language historicalAncestor Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Fidra hasNameOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Proto-Germanic ancestorOf Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Edward the Exile languageSpoken Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
North Germanic languages includesLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Shetland hasHeritage Norse
Snaefell nameLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Rollo ethnicity Norse
Rollo languageSpoken Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Scandinavians historicallySpoke Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Icelanders historicalLiteraryLanguage Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Old Norwegian developedFrom Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gunnar hasOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gunnar languageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Gallo-Romance languages influencedBy Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse language
Northumbria language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Holme hasEtymologicalOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Eric hasOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Eric hasLanguageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Olof languageOfOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Harold Bluetooth languageSpoken Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Brattahlid culture Norse
Brattahlid language Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Dag etymologicalOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Hvalsey culture Norse
Hvalsey languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse
Dustin etymologicalOrigin Norse
this entity surface form: Old Norse