Old Norwegian

American  

noun

1. the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.

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Example Sentences

This is of Old Norwegian origin, and seems to have meant “landed possessions.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

This is another Old Norwegian word meaning a wide opening.

From Stories from Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath

This word represents the Old Norwegian heill, prosperity, cognate with O. Eng. hāl, whence “hale,” “whole,” and h�l, whence “health,” “heal.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Grieg's "Old Norwegian Romance" with variations, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles

The word for the soft under plumage of birds is entirely different, and comes from the Old Norwegian dun, cf. �dar-dun, eider-down.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various