Norse
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Norse is an adjective relating things to Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden and may be used in a number of ways:
- Norse mythology, ancient Scandinavian beliefs
- Norsecore, a subgenre of heavy metal music
- "Norselands", a fictional land in the Age of Mythology computer game series
- Norsemen, Scandinavian people before the Christianization of Scandinavia
- North Germanic languages (through the synonym "Nordic languages"), a group of modern languages spoken in Scandinavia and nearby lands (excluding Finland).
- West Norse, describing the modern languages of Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic within the North Germanic language group.
- East Norse, describing the modern languages of Danish and Swedish within the North Germanic language group.
- Proto-Norse language, the Indo-European language in use from 100 B.C. to 800 A.D., predecessor of Old Norse
- Old Norse language, the Germanic language in use from 800 A.D. to 1300 A.D.
- Norse art, Scandinavian art of period 400 A.D. to 1066 A.D. and sometimes of the pre-historic period 1700 B.C. to 500 B.C.
