It is the conventional term for the medieval West and East Scandinavian dialects (often labelled Old West Norse and Old East Norse) that developed from Proto-Norse and later evolved into …

Old Norse was a North Germanic language once spoken in Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and in parts of Russia, France and the British Isles and Ireland. It was the …

Old Norse was the language spoken by the Vikings, and the language in which the Eddas, sagas, and most of the other primary sources for our current knowledge of Norse mythology were …

Dec 4, 2025 · Old Norse language, classical North Germanic language used from roughly 1150 to 1350. It is the literary language of the Icelandic sagas, skaldic poems, and Eddas.

This site is dedicated to Old Norse: the storied and historic language and runes of the Vikings. So also, the history, sagas, and culture of Iceland and the Viking Age in Scandinavia and abroad.

Old Norse is a catch-all term for Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Swedish, Old Danish, and Old Gotlandic, though it is often used as a synonym for Old Icelandic because the majority of …

Jan 5, 2025 · Old Norse was a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, roughly from the 8th to the 14th century. It was the common tongue of the Norse people, …

Old Norse is a branch of the Germanic family of languages which include English, German, Dutch and the Modern Scandinavian languages. It is a North Germanic branch of this family, and the …

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. Also known as "the viking …

Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic, [1] or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.