Norse
Relating to the people, language, or culture of Scandinavia, particularly during the Viking Age. / The language spoken by the people of Scandinavia in the Viking Age, which evolved into modern North Germanic languages.
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This term is almost exclusively used in a historical or academic context to refer to the Viking Age. While it describes the culture and people of early Scandinavia, it is distinct from "Scandinavian," which is the broader, modern term for the region and its current inhabitants.
When used as a noun to refer to the language, it is typically preceded by the modifier "Old" (Old Norse) to specify the ancestral tongue from which Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish descended. In this linguistic sense, the word functions as a proper noun and does not take a plural form.
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