altnordisch — meaning in English

English meaning

• Norse adjective Relating to Norway or, more broadly, to Scandinavia, its people, and its languages.

Senses

altnordisch is used for these senses in English:

• Norse Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.
• Old Norse The language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.

Norse — full definition

1. adjective Relating to Norway or, more broadly, to Scandinavia, its people, and its languages.
2. noun The Scandinavian peoples collectively, or the North Germanic languages they speak.

Related German words