norrön

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norwegian”). Cognate with Danish norrøn, Icelandic norrænn.

Adjective

norrön

  1. Old West Norse (of or relating to medieval Norway and its colonies, especially Viking Age Iceland)
    Synonym: fornvästnordisk
  2. (loosely) Old Norse (of or relating to medieval Scandinavia in general)
    Synonym: fornnordisk

Usage notes

Commonly used in relation to language, literature, and culture.

Declension

Inflection of norrön
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular norrön — —
neuter singular norrönt — —
plural norröna — —
masculine plural2 norröna — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 norröna — —
all norröna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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