Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The North Germanic languages until the mid-1300s.
- noun Old Icelandic.
- noun Old Norwegian.
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- proper noun The language of
Scandinavia before 1400 CE, the common ancestor of modernSwedish ,Danish ,Norwegian ,Faroese , andIcelandic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
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Examples
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The word frog traces back through the Medieval English word frogge, to Old Norse frauki, to the Sanskrit words pravate (meaning "he jumps up") and plava ( "frog").
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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This legacy also tends to put off other people regarding some of the very important myths from Old Norse, such as Rigsthula which discusses the origins of social order.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010
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Cake is an Old Norse word, used first around 1230, when it meant something round, lump of something; it became a loaf of bread in 1420.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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A number of African languages see blue and black as shades of the same color, as did Old Norse and Swedish until the early 20th century.
A color by any other name mj 2009
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A number of African languages see blue and black as shades of the same color, as did Old Norse and Swedish until the early 20th century.
Puce and taupe sound more colorful than flea and mole mj 2009
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Cake is an Old Norse word, used first around 1230, when it meant something round, lump of something; it became a loaf of bread in 1420.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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Freeland was founded in 980 AD by someone whose Old Norse name could be translated as 'Erik the Squalid' or even 'Erik the Shitty,' but who is known to history, if at all, as 'Erik the Other,' to distinguish him from a better-known Icelandic counterpart.
Off the record 2009
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Languages: Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish
Faroe Islands 2008
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He was set to take a job as a language instructor — he was fluent in five, including Icelandic and Old Norse — but his arrangements as director of the Harvard band caught the ear of Arthur Fiedler, who encouraged him to compose.
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He was set to take a job as a language instructor — he was fluent in five, including Icelandic and Old Norse — but his arrangements as director of the Harvard band caught the ear of Arthur Fiedler, who encouraged him to compose.
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