[
US
/ˈnɔɹs/
]
NOUN
- an inhabitant of Scandinavia
- a native or inhabitant of Norway
- the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Norse nomads
Norse sagas -
of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
Norwegian herring
How To Use Norse In A Sentence
- He is captured and made a slave for most of his childhood until he is set free and refers to himself as a Varangian: a Norseman who has left his home. “Northlanders Volume 1: Sven the Returned” by Brian Wood and Davide Gianfelice (Vertigo, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog
- There are some other branches of Norse paganism though where there is more study and includes an autotheist element the Odhianism of the Rune Gild is a good example. The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion:
- At friends 'parties he participates in improv poetry competitions as Iron Poet Norse Saga, whose hour-long eddas on the dust-bunnies beneath Odin's throne often extend the celebrations until dawn. MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2)
- Jealousy was not the passion to loosen the tongue of the sagaman, and in so far as that is the theme of "King Erik," the play is not Old Norse in origin. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
- This was confabulated into Christian mythology, the converted Norse intertwining the character with one of the first saints of the region, Saint Nicholas.
- My study of the Elder Futhark has been eclectic, though I approach them from the old Icelandic and Norse runic poems as interpreted by Kate MacDowell. Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark
- And then we shall not be sorry because we cannot get a Gairfowl to stuff, much less find gairfowl enough to drive them into stone pens and slaughter them, as the old Norsemen did, or drive them on board along a plank till the ship was victualled with them, as the old English and French rovers used to do, of whom dear old The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
- In Domesday it is spelt 'Flaneburg,' and _flane_ is the Norse for an arrow or sword. Yorkshire
- From the early 10th cent. there was considerable Norse settlement, from Ireland and the Isle of Man, leaving evidence in words like fell, ghyll, tarn, and how.
- For his villain-in-chief, however, Garner repurposes a name filched from the Norse pantheon - originally, Nastrond signified the underworld Shore of Corpses, but in Garner's Alderley he is the unseen Great Spirit of Darkness, moving against the child protagonists by means of minions like the "svart alfar". Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
