Norsemann.
/ˈnɔːsmən/, U.S. /ˈnɔrsm(ə)n/ A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia in ancient or medieval times. Frequently in plural.Chiefly but not necessarily designating a man.
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Danish833
Dane901
NorthmaneOE
Scandian1668
Norseman1817
Scandinavian1830
herring choker1899
Scandihoovian1929
Scand1930
the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > Vikings > person
Lochlann1706
Norseman1817
Norse1848
Anglo-Scandinavian1853
1817 W. Scott Harold i. i. 9 Count Witikind..roved with his Norsemen the land and the main.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 44 Writing by Runes has some air of being original among the Norsemen.
1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 793/2 The Swedish Norsemen directed their expeditions chiefly against the eastern coasts of the Baltic.
1874 R. Cowie Shetland (ed. 2) 10 When the nautical daring..had become so much developed in the Norsemen.
1900 A. Austin Songs of Eng. 30 Then, mighty and master of all within her, Of Celt and Briton, Angle and Frisian, Saxon and Norseman, Shall England plough.
1943 G. Vernadsky Anc. Russia vii. iii. 273 It seems highly probable that..a band of Norsemen—more exactly, of Swedes—established their control over the lower Don and Azov area.
1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. iii. 395 Ireland was different. The Norsemen (part Danes, part Norwegians) had established a number of important trading towns in the southern half of the island.
2000 Tuam (County Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 18/6 They went on a Viking cruise..dressed in Norsemen's clothes with helmets and brandishing plastic swords and shields.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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