Old Norse
nounUK /ˌəʊld ˈnɔːs/
US /ˌoʊld ˈnɔːrs/
Old Norse is the old language that people in Scandinavia spoke long ago.
The Vikings wrote stories in Old Norse.
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2. The group of dialects spoken in medieval Scandinavia and their colonies.
Scholars study Old Norse to understand medieval trade routes.
3. The ancestor of modern languages like Icelandic, Norwegian, and Danish.
Many words in modern Icelandic come from Old Norse.
4. The language of the Viking sagas and Eddas.
She read the Eddas in their original Old Norse.