Old Norse
North Germanic language
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Old Norse is a dead language [1].
Key Facts
- Country: Norway[3], Sweden[4], Denmark[5], Iceland[6]
- Instance of: historical language[7], extinct language[8]
- Follows: Proto-Norse[9]
- Followed by: Norn[10], Old Swedish[11], Middle Danish[12], Q130418708[13], Old Dalecarlian[14]
- Subclass of: North Germanic[15]
- Writing system: Latin script[16], runic script[17], Younger Futhark[18]
- Commons category: Old Norse language[19]
- Wikimedia language code: non[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Old Norse[21]
- Facet of: Norse culture[22]
- Described by source: An elementary grammar of the old Norse or Icelandic language[23], An Introduction to Old Norse[24]
- Different from: Proto-Norse[25]
- Indigenous to: Scotland[26], Ireland[27], Wales[28], Isle of Man[29], Normandy[30], Rurik's state[31]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133076970[32]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[33], genitive case[34], dative case[35], ablative case[36]
- Linguistic typology: stress-timed language[37], fusional language[38]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[39], feminine[40], neuter[41]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Old Norse-language films[42]
Why It Matters
Old Norse has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]