Noun1.Old Norse- the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350 Germanic,Germanic language- a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic ...
Elli- (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match Forseti- (Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna Frey,Freyr- (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Va...
an old man; an old horse; an old tree. Antonyms:young of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age. as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old. ...
Old Norse ( def ). AlsoON.,O.N. Ontario, Canada (approved for postal use). Discover More Word History and Origins Origin of-on1 Probably extracted fromion;proton Origin of-on2 ≪Greek-on,neuter of-osadj. ending Origin of-on3 ...
that it comes from the Old Norse frooa, and was taken from there into German (fraup) and Old English (froth). Now in its fifth printing and a standard reference for scholars, Onions\'s opus is still the most comprehensive etymological dictionary of English ever to be published. --Stephan...
A significant amount of Old Norse literature that survives was preserved in Iceland. Poetry played an important role in the social and religious world of the Vikings. Old Norse poetry is conventionally, and somewhat arbitrarily, split into two types; Eddaic poetry (also sometimes known as Eddic ...
to scatter or place (seed, a crop, etc) in or on (a piece of ground, field, etc) so that it may grow:to sow wheat,to sow a strip of land (transitive)to implant or introduce:to sow a doubt in someone's mind Etymology: Old Englishsāwan;related to Old Norsesā,Old High Germans...
Old Norseblōm, blōmi; cognate with Gothicblōmalily, GermanBlumeflower; akin toblow3; (verb, verbal) Middle Englishblomen,derivative of the noun, nominal (noun, nominal) Middle Englishblom, blome1150–1200 bloom′less,adj. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridgedblossom. ...
Origin ofgoat1 First recorded before 900;Middle Englishgot,Old Englishgāt;cognate withGothicgaits,Old Norsegeit,GermanGeiss;akin toLatinhaedus“young goat, kid” Origin ofgoat2 First recorded in 1965–70; originally the name of a company founded by Muhammad Ali, who applied the term greatest ...
9.informalused to indicate a day or part of a period of time when some activity habitually occurs:I go to the pub of an evening. 10.USbefore the hour of:a quarter of nine. [Old English (as prep and adv); related to Old Norseaf,Old High Germanaba,Latinab,Greekapo] ...