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'''Old Norse''' was the language spoken in the [[Nordic]] countries and in areas settled by the [[Vikings]] between c. AD 800 and AD 1300. In its written form it is remarkably similar to modern [[Icelandic]]. The Icelandic sagas, skaldic poems, and Eddas are all written in Old Norse. It survives today in southern areas of [[Greenland]] as a ceremonial language and has similar status to that of [[Latin]] in the Catholic church.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-Norse-language</ref> | '''Old Norse''' was the language spoken in the [[Nordic]] countries and in areas settled by the [[Vikings]] between c. AD 800 and AD 1300. In its written form it is remarkably similar to modern [[Icelandic]]. The Icelandic sagas, skaldic poems, and Eddas are all written in Old Norse. It survives today in southern areas of [[Greenland]] as a ceremonial language and has similar status to that of [[Latin]] in the Catholic church.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-Norse-language</ref> | ||
| + | It is the ancestor of the modern North Germanic languages such as the West Scandinavian Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese and Icelandic (plus the now-extinct Greenlandic Norse and Norn), and the East Scandinavian Danish, Elfdalian, Norwegian Bokmal and Swedish | ||
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Revision as of 23:18, October 16, 2024
Old Norse was the language spoken in the Nordic countries and in areas settled by the Vikings between c. AD 800 and AD 1300. In its written form it is remarkably similar to modern Icelandic. The Icelandic sagas, skaldic poems, and Eddas are all written in Old Norse. It survives today in southern areas of Greenland as a ceremonial language and has similar status to that of Latin in the Catholic church.[1]
It is the ancestor of the modern North Germanic languages such as the West Scandinavian Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese and Icelandic (plus the now-extinct Greenlandic Norse and Norn), and the East Scandinavian Danish, Elfdalian, Norwegian Bokmal and Swedish