Old Norse Translator
About Old Norse
Old Norse was a North Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements from approximately the 7th to the 15th century. It was the language of the Vikings and spread across a vast area including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and parts of the British Isles and France. Old Norse was written primarily in the runic alphabet, later transitioning to Latin script.
The language is preserved in a rich literary tradition including the Icelandic sagas, the Poetic Edda, and the Prose Edda, which form the primary sources for Norse mythology. Old Norse is the ancestor of the modern Scandinavian languages and contributed significantly to English vocabulary through Viking settlement in England. Notably, common English words like "sky," "egg," "window," and "they" derive from Old Norse.