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There are 12 different meanings of Norse.


Norse mythology
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Norse mythology describes ancient Scandinavian beliefs.
Old Norse
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Old Norse language was the Germanic language in use from 800 AD to 1300 AD.
Age of Mythology
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"Norselands" is a fictional land in the Age of Mythology computer game series; the "Norse" also comprise one of three playable civilisations within the game.
North Germanic languages
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North Germanic languages (through the synonym "Nordic languages") comprises a group of modern languages spoken in Scandinavia and nearby lands.
Proto-Norse language
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Proto-Norse language is the Indo-European language in use from 100 BC to 800 AD, predecessor of Old Norse.
Norse art
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Norse art describes Scandinavian art of the period 400 AD to 1066 AD and sometimes of the pre-historic period 1700 BCto 500 AD.
Norse is an adjective relating things to Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. To refer to the modern people or culture of Norway, use "Norwegian". The etymology of the adjective " norse" is somewhat surprising as one would expect it to have entered the English language through either the already present native stem " north" or via a Scandinavian language. Yet " Norse" (which entered English in 1598) derives from the Dutch word " noors", the adjective form of " Norwegian" [1]. The Scandinavian equivalent of the word is norrøn, or norrön (Icelandic: norræn). The modern English form (which sounds almost identical to the Dutch term) may be used in a number of ways:

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