Norse - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Norse :  adj
1: of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures; "Norse sagas"; "Norse nomads" [syn: Scandinavian, Norse]
2: of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language; "Norwegian herring" [syn: Norwegian, Norse] (noun)
1: an inhabitant of Scandinavia [syn: Scandinavian, Norse, Northman]
2: a native or inhabitant of Norway [syn: Norwegian, Norseman, Norse]
3: the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland [syn: Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Norse : \Norse\, a. [Dan. Norsk, fr. nord north. See North.] Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Norse : \Norse\, n. The Norse language.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Norse

ambofgod: reading a book on Norse mythology. It's funnnn!
PaPa_SIN: Just came from a Beautiful Bonfire chillin wit My Norse Brothers n sister 1st time drinkin Mead, ritual n good education…http://lnk.ms/3XMXN
xachariah: By Thor's Hammer! This black ice doest vex me... what? Too Norse for a Monday morning?
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