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Definition of North germanic
1. Noun. The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland.
Generic synonyms: Germanic, Germanic Language
Specialized synonyms: Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Faeroese, Faroese
Definition of North germanic
1. Proper noun. (linguistics) A branch of the Germanic language family which comprises Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of North Germanic
Literary usage of North germanic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"... means Germanic at the stage in which East, West, and north germanic are mere
possibilities. § 22. The Home of the Indo-Germans. ..."
2. Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon by Blanche Colton Williams (1914)
"The introduction, though incidentally drawing illustrations from north germanic
literature, deals mainly with gnomic lines in Anglo-Saxon epic, lyric, ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"Of Primitive north germanic (Primitive Norse, Primitive Scandinavian) a small amount
... Primitive West Germanic and Primitive north germanic both closely ..."
4. A Summary of Modern History by Jules Michelet (1875)
"THE EAST AND THE NORTH. GERMANIC AND SCANDINAVIAN STATES IN THE SECOND HALF OF
THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. IF we regard similarity of habits and language, ..."
5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"In 1866. as a result of war with Austria (the Seven Weeks* War), Prussia acquired
the hegemony of the north germanic Confederation from Austria. ..."
6. Adventure Guide Scandinavia by Henrik Berezin (2006)
"The Scandinavian languages are all part of the North- Germanic family, ...
It is related to Finnish, which has no connections to the North-Germanic ..."
7. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1860)
"The florid poetic literature of the three last-named races shows that the animated
feeling for nature evinced by the north germanic races is not alone to he ..."
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