Example sentences for: norse

How can you use “norse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Which of the following is a well-designed yet inexpensive CD rack sold at the popular Swedish furniture store, and which is a figure in Norse mythology?

  • Almost certainly a loanword, in Old English it is catt ; Welsh and Cornish cath ; Gaelic cat ; Old Irish cat ; Dutch and Danish kat ; Middle Dutch katte ; Swedish katt, katta ; Old Norse kött-r ; Old High German chazza, chataro ; Middle High German katero, kater ; Modern German Katze , but Modern German and Dutch also have kater tomcat ( tom denoting the male of certain species of animal, notably the cat); French chat ; Spanish and Portuguese gato ; Italian gatto ; Old North French cat ; West German katta ; Breton kaz ; Old Slavonic kotŭka, kotka ; Slavonic kot ; Bulgarian kotka ; Russian, male kot , female kotchka, koshka ; Bohemian, male kot , female kotka ; Lithuaniane kate ; Finnish katti ; Polish kot , male cat or tomcat koczur, kocur .

  • It corresponds to the old Norse jól which was a heathen festival lasting twelve days, from December to January.

  • (Alas, despite the 18th-century spelling, gaumless, I believe the term comes from Old Norse gaumr heed).

  • In the tabloid world DiCaprio is becoming the equivalent of the Norse god Loki, a handsome, mischievous shape-shifter who leaves chaos in his wake.


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