Old Norse language

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Old Norse was the North Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age and is the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages like Icelandic and Norwegian.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
ancestorOf Danish ⓘ
Faroese ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old English ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
hasCaseSystem four grammatical cases ⓘ
hasDialect Old East Norse ⓘ
Old Gutnish ⓘ
Old West Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Icelandic
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasNotableWork Heimskringla ⓘ
Icelandic sagas ⓘ
linked to: Íslendingasögur

Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
Íslendingabók ⓘ
hasNumber dual (in pronouns) ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
influenced English vocabulary ⓘ
Norman toponymy ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic toponymy ⓘ
ISO639-2 non ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European ⓘ
languageSubbranch North Germanic ⓘ
spokenIn Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Viking Age settlements in Ireland ⓘ
Viking Age settlements in Normandy ⓘ
Viking Age settlements in the British Isles ⓘ
Viking Age settlements in the North Atlantic ⓘ
status extinct language ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic language ⓘ
Old Scandinavian language ⓘ
timeEnd circa 14th century ⓘ
timeStart circa 8th century ⓘ
usedInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (396)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ingrid → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ
Treaty of Wedmore → language → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Ullensaker → nameDerivedFrom → Old Norse Ullinshof ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
William Longsword → languageSpoken → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Danish people → historicalLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Randolph → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Norse settlement of Iceland → languageOfSources → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Finn → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Svínoy → hasNameOriginLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Gustav → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Faroese → historicalLanguageFamily → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Old Norse literature → language → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Ragnar → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ
Tor → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Ingólfr Arnarson → languageSpoken → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Arne → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Harald → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Maeshowe → hasInscriptionLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Hjalmar → linguisticOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Erik → linguisticOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Grisedale Beck → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Valhalla → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Jarl → hasOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ
Haakon → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Erling → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Crimean Gothic → relatedTo → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Varangians → language → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Tove → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Svear → language → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Ralph → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Margaret I of Denmark → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Alvar → etymologicalOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Einar → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Frost Giants → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Hofund → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Yule → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Sindarin → inspiredBy → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Liv → etymologyLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Geir → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Bror → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old Norse language ⓘ
Valhalla → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Magni → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Vili → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Vé → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Mímir's well → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Sleipnir → languageOfOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Freki → languageOfName → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Geri → nameLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Randal → etymologicalLanguage → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
Björn → hasOrigin → Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language