Old Norse

proper noun

The language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.

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NorseOld Norse language
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Meanings

proper noun

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  1. The language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.

    Synonyms: Norse

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.

Similar
Norse

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350

Similar
Old Norse language
Broader
GermanicGermanic language
Also see
norse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan nòrdic antic
  • nòrdic anticlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Chinese Mandarin 古諾斯語 /古诺斯语, 古諾爾斯語 /古诺尔斯语
  • 古諾斯語 /古诺斯语 (gǔ nuòsīyǔ)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • 古諾爾斯語 /古诺尔斯语 (gǔnuò'ěrsīyǔ)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Czech stará severština
  • stará severštinalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Danish oldnordisk, norrønt
  • oldnordisklanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • norrøntlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Dutch Oudnoords, Oudnoors
  • Oudnoordslanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • Oudnoorslanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Esperanto malnovnordlanda lingvo, norena lingvo
  • malnovnordlanda lingvolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • norena lingvolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Estonian vanapõhja keel
  • vanapõhja keellanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Finnish muinaisskandinaavi, muinaisnorja
  • muinaisskandinaavilanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • muinaisnorjalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
French norrois, norois
  • norroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • noroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieil islandaislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieux norvégienlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieux norroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieux noroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieux-norroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • vieux-noroislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
German Altnordisch
  • Altnordischlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Hebrew נורדית עתיקה
  • נורדית עתיקה (nordit atika)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Icelandic norræna, fornnorræna
  • norrænalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • fornnorrænalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Irish Sean-Lochlannais
  • Sean-Lochlannaislanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Italian norreno, antico nordico
  • norrenolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • antico nordicolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Japanese 古ノルド語
  • 古ノルド語 (Ko-Norudo-go)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Korean 고대 노르드어
  • 고대 노르드어 (godae noreudeueo)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Latin lingua Nordica antiqua
  • lingua Nordica antiqualanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Norwegian Bokmål gammelnordisk, gammalnordisk
  • gammelnordisklanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • gammalnordisklanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • norrøntlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • oldnordisklanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Polish język staronordyjski
  • język staronordyjskilanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Portuguese escandinavo antigo, nórdico antigo
  • escandinavo antigolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • nórdico antigolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • norrenolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Russian древнескандина́вский
  • древнескандина́вский (drevneskandinávskij)language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Slovak staroseverčina, stará severčina
  • staroseverčinalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • stará severčinalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Spanish nórdico antiguo
  • nórdico antiguolanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Swedish fornnordiska, norröna
  • fornnordiskalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
  • norrönalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Turkish Eski Norsça
  • Eski Norsçalanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Vietnamese tiếng Bắc Âu cổ
  • tiếng Bắc Âu cổlanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Welsh Hen Norseg
  • Hen Norseglanguage of Scandinavia before 1400 CE
Cite this entry
APA

Old Norse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Norse

MLA

“Old Norse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Norse. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Norse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Norse.

Source: Old Norse on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.