North Germanic

American

noun

the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.

North Germanic British

noun

a subbranch of the Germanic languages that consists of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and their associated dialects See also Old Norse

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Origin of North Germanic

First recorded in 1925–30

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North Germanic

North Germanic or Scandinavian, West Germanic or Low and High German, and East Germanic, of which the only important representative is Gothic.

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