Norse
Americanadjective
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of or relating to ancient Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their language.
noun
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(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
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(used with a plural verb) the Northmen or ancient Scandinavians generally.
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the Norwegian language, especially in its older forms.
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient and medieval Scandinavia or its inhabitants
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Norway
noun
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the N group of Germanic languages, spoken in Scandinavia; Scandinavian
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any one of these languages, esp in their ancient or medieval forms See also Proto-Norse Old Norse
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(functioning as plural)
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the Norwegians
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the Vikings
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Etymology
Origin of Norse
1590–1600; perhaps < Dutch noorsch, obsolete variant of noordsch (now noords ), equivalent to noord north + -sch -ish 1. Compare Norwegian, Swedish, Danish Norsk Norwegian, Norse
Example Sentences
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In April, Norse Atlantic Airways canceled all of its summer flights out of LAX to Europe, including destinations like London, Paris and Rome.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology -- Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that provided food for all.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
“Götterdämmerung” is the fourth and final installment of Wagner’s Ring cycle—a Norse saga about a cursed ring that grants power but delivers ruin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Ideas from Norse mythology have also inspired major works of art and literature.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
Similarly, the Little Ice Age of A.D. 1300-1500 contributed to the extinction of the Greenland Norse, but no historian, and probably not even a modern climatologist, could have predicted the Little Ice Age.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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