Norse
Viking Age culture
Norse refers to the medieval Scandinavian peoples—the Vikings and their kin—or their language and culture.
Old Norse is the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages and left traces in English: sky, egg, they.
Norse mythology features gods like Odin and Thor: Norse sagas, Norse runes. (Lowercase norse is nonstandard.)
Slender Norse rowing vessel
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- berserkerFury-driven Norse combatant
- shieldmaidenFemale Norse combatant
conquest · seafarer · Leif Erikson · Harald Hardrada · Vinland · colonization · Normandy · saga
Chief Norse deity
- ThorGermanic thunder deity
- LokiNorse god of deception
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
- FreyjaNorse love goddess
Asgard · Midgard · Bifrost · Ragnarok · Heimdall · Fenrir · Mjolnir · Valkyrie
Nordic countries collectively
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
- IcelandNordic island republic
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
- SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
Denmark · Faroe Islands · Uppsala · Orkney · Shetland · Jutland · Baltic
Norse regional chieftain
Norse heroic poet
- kenningFigurative Norse compound
- IcelandicOf a North Atlantic island
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
Snorri Sturluson · prose · poetic · heroic · legendary · chronicle · genealogy · alliterative
Mark left by spillage
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- offeringsThings presented or given
- polytheismBelief in multiple deities
reconstruction · revival · pagan · heathenry
longship
Slender Norse rowing vessel
shieldmaiden · conquest · seafarer · Leif Erikson · Harald Hardrada · Vinland · colonization · Normandy · saga · shield
Odin
Chief Norse deity
Freyja · Asgard · Midgard · Bifrost · Ragnarok · Heimdall · Fenrir · Mjolnir · Valkyrie · Jotunheim
Scandinavia
Nordic countries collectively
Sweden · Denmark · Faroe Islands · Uppsala · Orkney · Shetland · Jutland · Baltic
jarl
Norse regional chieftain
skald
Norse heroic poet
- kenningFigurative Norse compound
- IcelandicOf a North Atlantic island
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
Snorri Sturluson · oral tradition · prose · poetic · heroic · legendary · chronicle · genealogy · alliterative · runestone
blot
Mark left by spillage
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- offeringsThings presented or given
polytheism · reconstruction · revival · pagan · heathenry
runic
Of ancient carved letters
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, raiders
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, Vikings, fishermen, Polynesians
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- Ancient ExplorersMarco Polo, Leif Erikson, Erik the Red, Christopher Columbus, Columbus
- Germanic LanguagesEnglish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish
- Germanic peoplesGermans, Austrians, Goth, Visigoth, Ostrogoth
NorseCeltic
Of Irish-Welsh descent
Greek · Roman · Mediterranean · Arabic · African
NorseGreek mythology
Ancient Greek divine narratives
Roman mythology · Celtic mythology · Egyptian mythology · Olympian · Abrahamic
NorseMediterranean
Sea between Europe, Africa, Asia
Southern European · Southern · tropical · Iberian · North African
- North PoleEarth's northern axis point
- up northToward higher latitudes
- North KoreaIsolated East Asian state
- north windAir moving from polar regions
- North AmericaWestern Hemisphere's northern continent
- North MacedoniaSoutheastern European nation
north, Norway, Norwegian, Norman, Nordic, Norsemen, Norseman