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Definition of Noreg
1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905.
Group relationships: Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Scandinavia
Generic synonyms: Scandinavian Country, Scandinavian Nation
Terms within: Svalbard, Lofoten, Capital Of Norway, Christiania, Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Nidaros, Trondheim, Lindesnes, Naze, Trondheim Fiord, Trondheim Fjord
Member holonyms: Norse, Norseman, Norwegian
Derivative terms: Norwegian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noreg
Literary usage of Noreg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"heap, and then taking a sufficient quantity, spread it upon the open area, and
pass over it the noreg drawn by two oxen. The difference in the modern and ..."
2. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"The difference in the modern and ancient method being that in the former the
noreg is used, and the oxen go round the heap, ..."
3. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"heap, and then taking a sufficient quantity, spread it upon the open area, and
pass over it the noreg drawn by two oxen. The difference in the modern and ..."
4. A popular account of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"The noreg is a machine consisting of a wooden frame, with three cross-bars or
axles, on which are fixed circular iron plates, for the purpose of bruising ..."