norse

1. 1.

   of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

   “Norse sagas”

   “Norse nomads”

   SynonymsScandinavian
2. 2.

   of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language

   “Norwegian herring”

   SynonymsNorwegian

Other forms of norse

plural

norses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about norse

What does norse mean?

norse means "an inhabitant of Scandinavia". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in norse?

norse has 1 syllable: norse. In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹs/.

What is another word for norse?

Close synonyms include Scandinavian, Northman, Norwegian, Norseman, Scandinavian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is norse a common word?

norse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.