Old Norse

Old Norse

n.

1. The North Germanic languages until the middle of the 14th century.

2.

a. Old Icelandic.

b. Old Norwegian.

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Old Norse

n

(Linguistics / Languages) the language or group of dialects of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about 700 to about 1350, forming the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages See also Proto-Norse, Old Icelandic Abbreviation ON

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Old Norse - the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350 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 Old Icelandic - the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600