page_title: Old Norse language
hierarchical_section_title: Old Norse language
caption_attribution_description: my own pic for wikipedia. This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number Rök 1:1 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.
context_page_description: Old Norse is a Germanic language that was spoken in Scandinavia, during the Viking Age, until about 1300. It was also spoken in Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, Orkney Islands and other places that Scandinavians started settlements.
  Modern Icelandic is the modern language that is the closest to Old Norse when written. Another language that is close to Old Norse, is Elfdalian. Other languages that come from Old Norse are Swedish, Danish, Faroese, and Norwegian.
context_section_description: Old Norse is a Germanic language that was spoken in Scandinavia, during the Viking Age, until about 1300. It was also spoken in Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, Orkney Islands and other places that Scandinavians started settlements (similar to colonies).
  Modern Icelandic is the modern language that is the closest to Old Norse when written. Another language that is close to Old Norse, is Elfdalian. Other languages that come from Old Norse are Swedish, Danish, Faroese, and Norwegian.
  Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Old Norse". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
caption: The Rök Runestone in Östergötland, Sweden, is the longest surviving source of early Old East Norse. It is inscribed on both sides
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