Definition of: Norse

(nôrs) adjective
1. Scandinavian.
2. West Scandinavian, i.e., Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
—noun
1. The Scandinavians or West Scandinavians collectively: with the.
2. The Scandinavian or North Germanic group of the Germanic languages; specifically, the language of Norway.
3. The West Scandinavian languages.
—Old Norse
The ancestor of the North Germanic languages, best represented in the literature of the period (before 1500) by Old Icelandic; Old Scandinavian. Abbr. ON [Prob. <Du. Noorsch a Norwegian, var. of Noordsch <noord north + -sch -ISH]