norse
part of speech
adjective (Norse); noun (the Norse, Old Norse); written with a capital N
meaning for a pupil
1) Norse describes the people of old Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland) in the time of the Vikings, and their language, gods and stories. tree →
2) Old Norse is the language the Vikings spoke. tree →
3) The Norse are the people of that time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons the Norse are the Vikings and their families: farmers, traders, raiders and explorers who reached Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland and even North America. Norse myths tell of gods like Odin, Thor and Loki, the world tree Yggdrasil, and Valhalla. Many English words come from Old Norse, like «sky», «egg», «knife» and «Thursday» (Thor's day). Phrases: «Norse myths», «Norse gods», «Old Norse».
examples
- Thor is a Norse god of thunder. tree →
- We read Norse myths about Odin and Loki. tree →
- The Vikings spoke Old Norse. tree →
- Norse sailors reached North America long before Columbus. tree →
- «Sky» and «egg» came into English from Old Norse. tree →
- The Norse believed in a great tree joining nine worlds. tree →
- Dublin was founded as a Norse town. tree →
note
Always a capital N. Mostly an adjective: «Norse myths». «Norse» and «Viking» are close but not the same: «Viking» often means the raiders and traders, «Norse» the whole people and culture. Trap: Vikings did not wear horned helmets; that is a myth from later art and opera.
In the corpora
- The Vikings were Norse people from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
- Many English words come from Norse, like sky, egg, knife and Thursday, which means Thor's day.
- Wednesday comes from "Woden's day", after the old Germanic god Woden, the same god the Norse called Odin.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «norse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.