Norse

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Norse may refer to:

In history:

• Norsemen, the Scandinavian people before the Christianisation of Scandinavia
  • Norse mythology
  • Norse paganism
  • Norse art
  • Norse activity in the British Isles

In language:

• West Norse, the modern languages of Norwegian, Faroese, Icelandic and Greenlandic Norse
• East Norse, the modern languages of Danish and Swedish
• Old Norse, a North Germanic language in use from c. AD 800 to c. AD 1300
• Proto-Norse language, the Germanic language predecessor of Old Norse
• Norn, an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness.

In sports:

• Northern Kentucky Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Northern Kentucky University.
• Luther College Norse, mascot of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

People with the surname:

• Harold Norse, American poet

See also

• Nordic
• Norsca (Warhammer), a fictional land in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting
• Nords, a race of The Elder Scrolls series

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