Definition of norse Norse

/nɔˈɹs/ - [nors] - Norse

We found 11 definitions of norse from 5 different sources.

What does norse mean?

WordNet

Adjective
norse - of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language; "Norwegian herring"
		Norwegian, Norse
norse - of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures; "Norse sagas"; "Norse nomads"
		Scandinavian, Norse
Noun
norse - the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
		Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language
		germanic, germanic language a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
		danish a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
		icelandic a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland
		norwegian a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
		swedish a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland
norse - an inhabitant of Scandinavia
		Scandinavian, Norse, Northman
		european a native or inhabitant of Europe
		scandinavia a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
		viking any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
norse - a native or inhabitant of Norway
		Norwegian, Norseman, Norse
		european a native or inhabitant of Europe
		kingdom of norway, noreg, norge, norway a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

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Wiktionary

norse (Adjective)
Of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
norse (Adjective)
Of, or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

norse (a.)
Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.
norse (n.)
The Norse language.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

norse
nors, adj. pertaining to ancient Scandinavia.—n. the language of ancient Scandinavia—also Old Norse.—n. Norse′man, a Scandinavian or Northman. [Ice. Norskr; Norw. Norsk.]