Old Norse language

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Old Norse was the North Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age and is the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages like Icelandic and Norwegian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language
historical language
ancestorOf Danish
Faroese
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
closelyRelatedTo Old English
Old High German
hasCaseSystem four grammatical cases
hasDialect Old East Norse
Old Gutnish
Old West Norse
linked to: Old Icelandic
hasGrammaticalGender feminine
masculine
neuter
hasNotableWork Heimskringla
Icelandic sagas
linked to: Íslendingasögur

Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
Íslendingabók
hasNumber dual (in pronouns)
plural
singular
influenced English vocabulary
Norman toponymy
Scottish Gaelic toponymy
ISO639-2 non
languageBranch Germanic
languageFamily Indo-European
languageSubbranch North Germanic
spokenIn Denmark
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Iceland
Norway
Scandinavia
Sweden
Viking Age settlements in Ireland
Viking Age settlements in Normandy
Viking Age settlements in the British Isles
Viking Age settlements in the North Atlantic
status extinct language
subclassOf Germanic language
Old Scandinavian language
timeEnd circa 14th century
timeStart circa 8th century
usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Viking Age
writingSystem Latin alphabet
runic alphabet

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Ingrid hasOrigin Old Norse language
Treaty of Wedmore language Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Ullensaker nameDerivedFrom Old Norse Ullinshof
linked to: Old Norse language
William Longsword languageSpoken Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Danish people historicalLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Randolph hasLanguageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Norse settlement of Iceland languageOfSources Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Finn hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Svínoy hasNameOriginLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Gustav etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Faroese historicalLanguageFamily Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Old Norse literature language Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Ragnar hasOrigin Old Norse language
Tor hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Ingólfr Arnarson languageSpoken Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Arne etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Harald etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Maeshowe hasInscriptionLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Hjalmar linguisticOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Erik linguisticOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Grisedale Beck etymologyLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Valhalla languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Jarl hasOrigin Old Norse language
Haakon languageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Erling etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Crimean Gothic relatedTo Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Varangians language Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Tove hasLanguageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Svear language Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Ralph hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Margaret I of Denmark languageOfWorkOrName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Alvar etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Einar hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Frost Giants languageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Hofund languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Yule etymologyLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Sindarin inspiredBy Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Liv etymologyLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Geir hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Bror hasEtymologicalOrigin Old Norse language
Valhalla languageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Magni languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Vili languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Mímir's well languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Sleipnir languageOfOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Freki languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Geri nameLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Randal etymologicalLanguage Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
Björn hasOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language