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NORSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Synonyms:
Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Norse" is a kind of...):
Germanic; Germanic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norse"):
Danish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark)
Icelandic (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland)
Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)
Swedish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland)
Faeroese; Faroese (a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Norway
Synonyms:
Norse; Norseman; Norwegian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Norse" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Norse" is a member of...):
Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An inhabitant of Scandinavia
Synonyms:
Norse; Northman; Scandinavian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Norse" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norse"):
Viking (any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries)
berserk; berserker (one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury)
Holonyms ("Norse" is a member of...):
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
Example:
Norwegian herring
Synonyms:
Norse; Norwegian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Example:
Norse nomads
Synonyms:
Norse; Scandinavian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
“Ancestors of the Inuit occupied northern Greenland during the time of the Norse colonies. They probably encountered and traded with the Norse,” said Barrett.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
They say that ivory from western linage walruses must have been supplied by the Norse Greenlanders – by hunting and perhaps also by trade with the indigenous peoples of Arctic North America.
(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)
An overreliance on walrus ivory was not the only factor in Norse Greenland’s demise.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
The change in the ivory trade coincides with the flourishing of the Norse settlements on Greenland.
(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)
He says that hunting season for the Norse would have been short, as seas were choked with ice for much of the year.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a “near monopoly” on Europe’s walrus ivory supply.
(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)
One former Inuit camp on an islet off Ellesmere Island contained the rivets of a Norse boat – quite possibly a hunting trip that never returned.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
Norse artefacts have previously been found among the remains of 13th and 14th century Inuit settlements in this most northern of regions.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
Founded by Erik the Red around 985AD after his exile from Iceland (or so the Sagas tell us), Norse communities in Greenland thrived for centuries – even gaining a bishop – before vanishing in the 1400s, leaving only ruins.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
Latest research from the universities of Cambridge, Oslo and Trondheim has found that, for hundreds of years, almost all ivory traded across Europe came from walruses hunted in seas only accessible via Norse settlements in south-western Greenland.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
