How to Use Norse in a Sentence

Norse

noun

• The Norse arrived in the ninth century.
• In Norse mythology, the eclipse takes the form of two wolves—Skoll and Hati—chasing the sun and the moon.
  — Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
• In one scene, at a Norse bar, a character named Atreus places his bow and arrow on a table.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
• Visitors to the attraction were — and still are — treated to the unsavory odors of a Norse village: a cesspit, dead fish and woodsmoke.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
• The word has its roots in Old Norse and Old Irish, where similar terms were used to describe elderly women.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 July 2023
• The show followed the events that transpired in 2019's Avengers: Endgame after the diabolical Norse god stole the Tesseract.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• In Norse mythology, the daisy is the symbol of love, beauty, and fertility.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 12 June 2022
• In Norse cultures, Yule stretched three days and included a major feast and their new year's rituals.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
• Her internet handle is a reference to the Valkyries of Norse myth (the maidens of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and guide them to Valhalla).
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
• In a nod to the luck that visitors aim to have when visiting Las Vegas, the flight will operate with Norse’s lucky number seven as flight ‘Z0777’.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
• But now more people are about to know her name, which originated in Norse mythology as the name of Loki’s mother.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• The new flights will be operated on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the aircraft Norse Atlantic uses for all its flights.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
• Also, there’s an ancient Norse legend about Odin having a dinner party that was crashed by Loki, the god of chaos and evil — Loki was the 13th arrival at that party.
  — Alex Heigl, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• The name of the archipelago itself derives from 12th-century Icelandic annals: In Old Norse, svalbarð refers to a cold coast.
  — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Naturally, taking on the Mjölnir-wielding Norse god grew stale.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
• But when Thor and Baldur (Thor’s brother in Norse mythology) work together, the pair can generate correct proofs nearly 66 percent of the time.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2024
• From medieval sailors buried beneath the cobblestone streets in Visby to the ruins of Norse shipyards where longboats were built 1,000 years ago, ancient maritime lore suffuses the island.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
• When feeding, according to a 13th-century Old Norse manuscript, the beast, known as the hafgufa, would rest with its mouth open wide, luring in unsuspecting fish, then snap its jaws shut to capture them.
  — Nina Goldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• The horn emanating from the golden helm is an underrated detail, as are the shoulder stripes symbolizing Norse longboats.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• According to Larsen, Norse Atlantic has seen strong bookings for its summer flights, and airlines across the industry are preparing for another season of strong demand.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the figurehead is one of Bezos’s favorite mythological figures, Freyja, Norse goddess of love, fertility, war, and gold.
  — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
• Baldwin and Rozzi had alleged that members of Odinism, a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, are the real killers who ritually sacrificed the teens ― a theory that Allen's new defense team believes has merit.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
• Theories include drought, changing temperatures, social unrest, and the overhunting of walrus tusks (a cherished luxury good in medieval Europe) — conditions that would have made Norse colonies in Greenland economically nonviable.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
• Historians believe the ancient Norse celebration included feasting and lighting up the night with fire, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
• The Norse arrived in the ninth century.
• In Norse mythology, the eclipse takes the form of two wolves—Skoll and Hati—chasing the sun and the moon.
  — Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
• In one scene, at a Norse bar, a character named Atreus places his bow and arrow on a table.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
• Visitors to the attraction were — and still are — treated to the unsavory odors of a Norse village: a cesspit, dead fish and woodsmoke.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
• The word has its roots in Old Norse and Old Irish, where similar terms were used to describe elderly women.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 July 2023
• The show followed the events that transpired in 2019's Avengers: Endgame after the diabolical Norse god stole the Tesseract.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024