Old Norse

Presented by:
Michelangelo Perea
Briseida Peña
Luis Martinez
Yahir Rubio
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The Old Norse

When?

700 CE
to
1300 CE
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The Old Norse

was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of
Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about
the 9th to the 13th century.

Scandinavia
Basically what Scandinavia is
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The Old Norse

The language of the Vikings, Old Norse was spoken in Scandinavia, the
Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and in parts of Russia, France and the
British Isles, and is sort of the predecessor to modern Icelandic.

Descendants
The modern descendants of the Old
West Norse dialect are the West
Scandinavian languages of
Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian
Grammar
The descendants of the Old East Old Norse had three grammatical
Norse dialect are the East genders – masculine, feminine and
Scandinavian languages of Danish neuter. Adjectives or pronouns
and Swedish. referring to a noun must mirror the
gender of that noun.
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The Old Norse

01 Pros to learning it:

You can pretend you're a
Viking.

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!!
Cons to learning it:
No one really speaks it any-
more.
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03 Example:
Thank you!