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Norse Very Common

Norse has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an inhabitant of Scandinavia

2

a native or inhabitant of Norway

3

the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland

4

The collective Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.

5

A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+¹⁄₂-point type.

Adjective
1

of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

"Norse sagas"

"Norse nomads"

2

of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language

"Norwegian herring"

3

Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.

Proper Noun
1

Synonym of Old Norse

Example Sentences
"Norse sagas" adjective
"Norse nomads" adjective
"Norwegian herring" adjective
See Also
nordic knarr north germanic northman ab language mjollnir excelsior norse tradition
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
European Germanic
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Viking berserker Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish Faroese
Rhyming Words
rse arse erse orse morse terse barse carse torse birse zorse gorse perse corse farse marse worse sarse parse tarse
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