Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to medieval Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- adjective Of or relating to Norway or its people, language, or culture.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the branch of the North Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
- noun The people of Scandinavia; the Scandinavians.
- noun The people of Norway; the Norwegians.
- noun Speakers of Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
- noun Any of the West Scandinavian languages, especially Norwegian.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the North—that is, to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and their dependencies, including Iceland, etc., comprehended under the name of Scandinavia; pertaining to the language of Scandinavia.
- noun The language of the North—that is, of Norway, Iceland, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The Norse language.
- adjective Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to the
people ,language andculture ofScandinavia . - adjective Of, or relating to the
North Germanic group oflanguages . - proper noun A collective term for
Scandinavian (historicallyNorwegian ) people. - proper noun Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.
- proper noun The ancient
language spoken byVikings , from which modernScandinavian languages are derived.Icelandic is the most closely related modern version, having changed little due toIceland 's linguistic isolation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
- noun a native or inhabitant of Norway
- adjective of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
- noun an inhabitant of Scandinavia
- noun the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A converse story is afforded by the first part of the Norse tale translated by Dasent in _Popular Tales from the Norse_, 1888, p. 39, under the title of _Hacon Grizzlebeard_.
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An old tale which has a literary form unusual in its approach to the perfect literary form, is the Norse, _The Three Billy-Goats Gruff_, told by Dasent in _Tales from the Norse_.
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Was it your hope that American Gods might encourage a renewed interest in Norse mythology?
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You have still suggested that, as a Norse Neopagan, I should be prevented from being a foster parent (I would note that I am also an advocate of reviving animal sacrifice within Norse neopaganism).
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Prominent in Norse myth is the God Loki, who is a trickster god associated with fire and magic.
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By the way, in Norse mythology Earth is called Midgard. starscream9289
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Essentially, in Norse mythology, all events are inevitable because they have already happened and are eternally happening.
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Note that I try to stay up to speed on this issue because I am a proponent for reviving animal sacrifice within Norse Paganism.
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Wolves are more prominent in Norse myth, but Greek has some interesting mentions, too.
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Have you always been interested in Norse mythology?
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