Norse

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
• Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

Noun

• The collective Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
• Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.
• A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, -point type.

Proper Noun

• Synonym of Old Norse

Origin

• Partly from Dutch Noorsch (now Noors), from noordsch; and partly from Danish norsk. Both equivalent to north + -ish. Norsk.