NORSE

another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). The modern Norse languages—Danish, Faeroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish—all stem from an earlier form of Norse known as Old Norse. Now extinct, Old Norse was the language spoken by the Germanic tribes living in Scandinavia before a.d. 1000. It was first written in runes, some examples of which go back to the 3d cent. a.d., but later the Roman alphabet was used. The earliest extant Old Norse manuscripts in the Roman alphabet are from the 12th cent. Old Norse is also noteworthy as the language of the Eddas and sagas (see Old Norse literature; Icelandic literature).

See E. V. Garden, An Introduction to Old Norse (2d ed. 1957).

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books on: Norse  - 3173 results

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Old Norse Images of Women
Book by Jenny Jochens; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
Subjects: Goddesses, Mythology, Norse, Old Norse Literature--History And Criticism, Women In Literature, Women--Mythology, Women--Scandinavia--History
Old Norse Images of Women University of Pennsylvania...series is available from the publisher. Old Norse Images of Women Jenny Jochens PENN...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jochens, Jenny, 1928- Old Norse images of women / Jenny Jochens. p. cm...
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The American Discovery of the Norse: An Episode in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Book by Erik Ingvar Thurin; Bucknell University Press, 1999
Subjects: American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--Scandinavian Influences, Literature, Comparative--American And Scandinavian, Literature, Comparative--Scandinavian And American, Mythology, Norse, In Literature, Old Norse Literature--Appreciation--United States, Scandinavia--In Literature, Vikings In Literature
The American Discovery of the Norse The American Discovery of the Norse An Episode in Nineteenth-Century American Literature...Thurin, Erik Ingvar. The American discovery of the Norse : an episode in nineteenth-century Ameri- can Literature...
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Heroic Sagas and Ballads
Book by Stephen A. Mitchell; Cornell University Press, 1991
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, In Literature, Old Norse Literature--History And Criticism, Oral Tradition--History And Criticism, Sagas--History And Criticism
...Genre Analysis and Old Norse Literature 9...historical and the literary background of Old Norse poetics, following in the tradition of...custom developed for the study of West Norse texts in the nineteenth century has ill...
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Explorations in America before Columbus
Book by Hjalmar R. Holand; Twayne Publishers, 1956
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--Norse, America--Discovery And Exploration--Pre-Columbian
...far as, I know, I am the only writer on Norse explorations of America to have made a...important controversy than that concerning Norse penetration of the Atlantic coast, and...notable part of the present volume, concerns Norse penetration of the inner continent by...
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Runes and Germanic Linguistics
Book by Elmer H. Antonsen; Mouton de Gruyter, 2002
Subjects: Inscriptions, Runic, Old Norse Language, Runes
...the oldest inscriptions is much closer to Proto-Germanic than it is to Old Norse. This failure has led many runologists to look to Old Norse for guidance when Old Norse cannot provide proper guidance. In other words, their minds were not fo...
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journal articles on: Norse  - 325 results

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Margaret Clunies Ross. A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics
Journal article by Steven P. Sondrup; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 79, 2007
Subjects: A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
Margaret Clunies Ross. A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics. by Steven P. Sondrup...Margaret Clunies Ross. A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer...tradition on to future generations. Old Norse, happily, belongs to that group of poetic...
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The Giantess as Foster-Mother in Old Norse Literature
Journal article by Lorenzo Lozzi Gallo; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006
Subjects: Norse mythology--Analysis, Scandinavian literature--Criticism and interpretation
The Giantess as Foster-Mother in Old Norse Literature. by Lorenzo Lozzi Gallo...in the case of trolls. In fact, the Old Norse name troll may be referred to magical creatures...to consider in her study is that the Old Norse literature also contains a small number...
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John McKinnell. Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend
Journal article by Merrill Kaplan; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend (Book)--Book reviews
John McKinnell. Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. by Merrill Kaplan John McKinnell. Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer...significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend," and so it is, but the...
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Rory McTurk, Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds
Journal article by Sian Gronlie; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds (Book)--Book reviews
Rory McTurk, Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds. by Sian Gronlie Rory McTurk, Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds (Aldershot and Burlington...analogues to his work (p. 188)--to the Norse and Celtic fringes of the medieval world...
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Old Norse-Iceland Literature: A Critical Guide
Journal article by Sian Gronlie; Medium Aevum, Vol. 75, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Old Norse-Iceland Literature: A Critical Guide (Book)--Book reviews
Old Norse-Iceland Literature: A Critical Guide. by Sian Gronlie Old Norse-Iceland Literature: A Critical Guide, ed. Carol...essential reading for students beginning work on Old Norse, as for more established scholars. Designed as a...
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Norse Code: Lapped in Larch, This Terrace Will Gradually Grow into Harmony with the Surrounding Forest
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 214, November 2003
Subjects: Apartments, Apartments--Design and construction, Norway--Domestic policy
Norse Code: Lapped in Larch, This Terrace Will Gradually Grow into Harmony with the Surrounding Forest. Norway has a programme...
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Unpeaceful Symbol: A Look at the History of the So-Called Peace Symbol Reveals That It Originated in Ancient Pagan Rituals, and That Its Use Has Been Primarily as a Token Not of Peace, but of Evil
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 19, May 5, 2003
Subjects: Norse mythology, Peace movements--Analysis, Peace movements--History, Roman history, 509-30 BC (Republic), Runes, Signs and symbols--History, Signs and symbols--Religious aspects, Symbolism--Analysis, Symbolism--Religious aspects
...on the runes, the ancient signs of the Norse world. He discovered that: in past ages...family system it means man dies." For the Norse and Teutonic pagans, though, runes were...deity of the northern pantheon. In the Norse poem Havamal, the High Song of Odin, the...
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Clear-Cutting the Ocean Floor
Magazine article by Helen Baulch; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 25, Summer 1999
Subjects: Drift nets--Environmental aspects, Fisheries--Environmental aspects, Ocean bottom--Environmental aspects, Trawling--Environmental aspects
...report, Dr. Les Watlingand Dr. Elliott Norse conclude that the "use of mobile fishing...structural diversity," say Watling and Norse. This loss of structural diversity is...cod on the Grand Banks," say Watling and Norse. The effects of stirring up the sediments...
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Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
Magazine article by Jeremy Black; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive (Book)--Book reviews
...Pacific, the Maya, the contrast between Norse failure and Inuit success in Greenland...to prosper, Easter Island, Mangavera and Norse Greenland failed to develop successful...suggests that, whereas the final blow to the Norse colony remains a mystery, the long-term...
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The Diffusionists Have Landed : You've Probably Heard of Those Crackpot Theories about Ancient Phoenicians or Chinese in the New World. Maybe It's Time to Start Paying Attention
Magazine article by Marc K. Stengel; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--History, United States--History
...Pennsylvania, of a two-edged sword of the Norse spatha type. That finding had recently...discovery has so far gone nowhere. The Norse settlers, who may have numbered as many...aboriginal skraellings that, according to Norse sagas, they encountered, and to have avoided...
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Norse Merchant Ferry Bonus for Twelve Quays; High Level of Demand for Space
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 24, 2004
Norse Merchant Ferry Bonus for Twelve Quays; High Level of Demand...Birkenheads pounds 25m Twelve Quays terminal. Next year, Norse Merchant plans to increase its capacity from Twelve Quays...currently being built at a yard in Italy, are to be chartered by Norse Merchant. Group managing director, Derek Sloan, said he...
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Fitzgerald's World: Norse Giant Takes on Elegant Lady of Man
Newspaper article by Charles Fitzgerald; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), December 2, 1997
Fitzgeralds World: Norse Giant Takes on Elegant Lady of Man...With both the new Belfast-Liverpool Norse-Irish superferries fast finding huge popularity...accommodation), my prediction of a while back that Norse Irish might expand and introduce a new...
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FERRY FIRM TAKEOVER; Norse Merchant Group to Change Hands
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), June 30, 2005
FERRY FIRM TAKEOVER; Norse Merchant Group to Change Hands...HODGSON LIVERPOOL-based Irish ferry group Norse Merchant Ferries is about to be bought...Group, has announced a deal to buy all Norse Merchants shares. The deal, for an undisclosed...
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RACING: Norse Dancer in Line for Big Test; VICTORY SETS UP TILT AT INTERNATIONAL STAKES
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), August 13, 2004
RACING: Norse Dancer in Line for Big Test; VICTORY SETS UP TILT AT INTERNATIONAL STAKES. NORSE DANCER booked his ticket for the Juddmonte...both last seasons 2000 Guineas and Derby, Norse Dancer has been called some unkind names...
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The Biz: TWELVE QUAYS FERRIES CHEER; Big Expansion Plans by Norse Merchant
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 24, 2004
...QUAYS FERRIES CHEER; Big Expansion Plans by Norse Merchant. Byline: LARRY NEILD ECHO Correspondent THE new Norse Merchant Ferries company, created after...25m Twelve Quays terminal. Next year, Norse Merchant plans to increase its capacity...
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encyclopedia articles on: Norse  - 100 results

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Norse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NORSE another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian...family of languages (see Germanic languages ). The modern Norse languages Danish, Faeroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish all stem from an earlier form of Norse known as Old Norse. Now extinct, Old Norse was the language...
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Old Norse Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLD NORSE LITERATURE the literature of the Northmen...Brunhild ; the mythological lays, focusing on Norse gods, include "The Lay of Thrym," a narrative...foreign romances . The bulk of medieval Norse literature, and the most readable today...
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Norse Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NORSE LITERATURE see Old Norse literature . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Saga , in Old Norse Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAGA , in Old Norse Literature in Old Norse literature , especially Icelandic and Norwegian, narrative in prose or verse, centering on a legendary or historical figure or family. Sagas may be divided into sagas of the kings, mainly of early...
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Norse Religion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NORSE RELIGION see Germanic religion . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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