old norse

old Norse

O o

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ohld nawrs]
- /oʊld nɔrs/
- /əʊld nɔːs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ohld nawrs]
- /oʊld nɔrs/

Definitions of old norse words

noun old norse the Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia. Abbreviation: ON. 1
noun old norse the language or group of dialects of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about 700 to about 1350, forming the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages 0
noun old norse the North Germanic language of the Scandinavian peoples before the 14th cent. 0

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Origin of old norse

First appearance:

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

First recorded in 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Old norse

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Old norse

old norse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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