The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Stereotypes of violent Northmen, sailing to slaughter and pillage, long dominated representations of the Viking Age, the period from around 750 to 1050 when Norse raiders and colonists spread throughout Europe and far beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Jon is the one who is able to unite Wildlings, Northmen, and Daenerys’ forces to face the Night King.
From Slate ● May 17, 2019
Vikings conquered Normandy in France - the land of the Northmen - even parts of Italy and the Levant.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2016
King Ecbert has received word that English farmers have attacked the Northmen in their settlements, and sends Aethelwulf to bring about an end to the squabbles.
From Forbes ● Mar. 19, 2015
It suffered so much from the Northmen and was so often plundered and burned by them that it is not to be wondered at that so few of its ancient monuments exist.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
