Norse
Norse is demonym for Norsemen, a medieval North Germanic ethnolinguistic group ancestral to modern Scandinavians, defined as speakers of Old Norse language from about the 9th to the 13th centuries.
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Norse may also refer to:
Culture and religion
- Norse mythology
- Norse paganism
- Norse art
- Norse activity in the British Isles
- Vikings
Language
- Proto-Norse language, the Germanic language predecessor of Old Norse
- Old Norse, a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia and areas under Scandinavian influence from c. 800AD to c. 1300AD
- Old West Norse, the western dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Norway and areas under Norwegian influence
- Greenlandic Norse
- Norn language, an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness
- Old East Norse, the eastern dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Denmark, Sweden and areas under their influence
- Old West Norse, the western dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Norway and areas under Norwegian influence
Location
- Norse, Texas, a ghost town founded by Nordic pioneers
- Nordic countries
- Scandinavia
Sport
- Luther College Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Luther College
- Mesabi Range Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Mesabi Range College
- Northern Kentucky Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Northern Kentucky University
Other uses
- Norse Projects, a Danish clothing brand
- Harold Norse (1916–2009), American poet
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Norse
- Nordic (disambiguation)
- Norsca, a fictional land in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting
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