Norse

Norse is a demonym for Norsemen, a Medieval North Germanic ethnolinguistic group ancestral to modern Scandinavians, defined as speakers of Old Norse from about the 9th to the 13th centuries.

Norse may also refer to:

Culture and religion

 * Norse mythology
 * Norse paganism
 * Norse art
 * Norse activity in the British Isles
 * Vikings

Language

 * Proto-Norse language, the Germanic language predecessor of Old Norse
 * Old Norse, a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia and areas under Scandinavian influence from c. 800 AD to c. 1300 AD
 * Old West Norse, the western dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Norway and areas under Norwegian influence
 * Greenlandic Norse
 * Norn language, an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness
 * Old East Norse, the eastern dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Denmark, Sweden and areas under their influence

Location

 * Norse, Texas, a ghost town founded by Nordic pioneers
 * Nordic countries
 * Scandinavia

Companies

 * Norse Atlantic Airways, a Norwegian airline
 * Norse Projects, a Danish clothing brand

Sport

 * Luther College Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Luther College
 * Mesabi Range Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Mesabi Range College
 * Northern Kentucky Norse, the intercollegiate athletic program of Northern Kentucky University

Other uses

 * Harold Norse (1916–2009), American poet
 * NORSE, acronym for new-onset refractory status epilepticus, a medical condition
 * Norse (neuron simulator), a simulation environment for biological neurons; see