norrön

== Swedish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norwegian”). Cognate with Danish norrøn, Icelandic norrænn. === Adjective === norrön Old West Norse (of or relating to medieval Norway and its colonies, especially Viking Age Iceland) Synonym: fornvästnordisk (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 ==== === References === “norrön”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) norr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)