Norse
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Norse is an adjective relating things to Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden.
The etymology of the adjective "norse" is somewhat surprising as one would expect it to have entered the English language through either the already present native stem "north" or via a Scandinavian language. Yet "Norse" (which entered English in 1598) derives from the Dutch word "noors", the adjective form of "Norwegian"[1]. The Scandinavien equivalent of the word is norrøn, or norrön. The modern English form (which sounds almost identical to the Dutch term) may be used in a number of ways:
- Norse mythology describes ancient Scandinavian beliefs.
- Norse paganism
- Norsecore is a subgenre of heavy metal music.
- Norsemen applies to Scandinavian people before the Christianization of Scandinavia.
- North Germanic languages (through the synonym "Nordic languages") comprises a group of modern languages spoken in Scandinavia and nearby lands (excluding Finland).
- West Norse is a term describing the modern languages of Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic within the North Germanic language group.
- East Norse is a term describing the modern languages of Danish and Swedish within the North Germanic language group.
- Proto-Norse language is the Indo-European language in use from 100 BCE. to 800 CE., predecessor of Old Norse.
- Old Norse language was the Germanic language in use from 800 CE. to 1300 CE.
- Norse art describes Scandinavian art of the period 400 CE. to 1066 CE. and sometimes of the pre-historic period 1700 BCE. to 500 BCE.
- "Norselands" is a fictional land in the Age of Mythology computer game series.
- The inhabitants of Norsca are a fictional land in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting.
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