North Germanicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθ dʒəˈmanɪk/, U.S.

/ˌnɔrθ dʒərˈmænɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: north adj., Germanic adj.¹

Etymology: < north adj. + Germanic adj.¹, after German nordgermanisch of or relating to peoples inhabiting the northern part of the Germanic-speaking region, Scandinavian (1782 or earlier), of or relating to the Germanic languages of Scandinavia (1818 or earlier). Compare slightly later Nordic adj. 1a. Compare East Germanic adj. and West Germanic adj.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or speaking North Germanic (see sense B.); Scandinavian, Nordic.

ΚΠ

1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. I. i. 126 To the North-Germanic [Ger. nordgermanischen] and Danish nations kings ruling over the whole race were unknown.

1898 N.E.D. at Germanic The North Germanic = ‘Scandinavian’ (by some treated as a subdivision of East Germanic).

1934 PMLA 49 379 Four large groups of people are involved. Three of these are North Germanic or Scandinavian—the Geats, Danes, and Swedes.

1970 Viator 1 5 The North-Germanic tribes, isolated as they were, maintained a relatively stable society for a considerably longer period of time than the Continental Teutons.

2005 H. Basbøll Phonol. Danish i. i. 9 The North Germanic or Nordic languages..form a separate subgroup within Germanic.

B. n.

The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the Scandinavian or Nordic languages; spec. the ancient unrecorded language from which modern forms developed; Scandinavian, Nordic.Formerly sometimes classified as a subdivision of East Germanic.

ΚΠ

1873 A. S. Murray Mythol. vi. 372 The word which signifies ‘god’ in Sanscrit is Dewas;..in Gothic, Thius; and in North Germanic, Tyr.

1897 Mod. Lang. Notes 12 468 In East Germanic, North Germanic, and some of the other West Germanic languages the part[itive] gen[itive] plays a more important rôle than in German.

1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 148 North Germanic, a branch of the Germanic group of the Indo-European family of languages; it comprises Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Gotlandic (or Gutnian). Also called Scandinavian.

1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue ii. 32 English is part of the Germanic family, which gradually split into three branches. These were North Germanic, consisting of the Scandinavian languages; [etc.].

2009 S. Höder in K. Braunmüller & J. House Convergence & Divergence in Lang. Contact Situations ii. 77 Modern North Germanic can be synchronically divided into two groups, Insular Nordic (Icelandic, Faroese) and Continental Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	north germanic
释义	North Germanicadj.n. Brit. /ˌnɔːθ dʒəˈmanɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθ dʒərˈmænɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: north adj., Germanic adj.¹ Etymology: < north adj. + Germanic adj.¹, after German nordgermanisch of or relating to peoples inhabiting the northern part of the Germanic-speaking region, Scandinavian (1782 or earlier), of or relating to the Germanic languages of Scandinavia (1818 or earlier). Compare slightly later Nordic adj. 1a. Compare East Germanic adj. and West Germanic adj. A. adj. Of, relating to, or speaking North Germanic (see sense B.); Scandinavian, Nordic. ΚΠ 1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. I. i. 126 To the North-Germanic [Ger. nordgermanischen] and Danish nations kings ruling over the whole race were unknown. 1898 N.E.D. at Germanic The North Germanic = ‘Scandinavian’ (by some treated as a subdivision of East Germanic). 1934 PMLA 49 379 Four large groups of people are involved. Three of these are North Germanic or Scandinavian—the Geats, Danes, and Swedes. 1970 Viator 1 5 The North-Germanic tribes, isolated as they were, maintained a relatively stable society for a considerably longer period of time than the Continental Teutons. 2005 H. Basbøll Phonol. Danish i. i. 9 The North Germanic or Nordic languages..form a separate subgroup within Germanic. B. n. The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the Scandinavian or Nordic languages; spec. the ancient unrecorded language from which modern forms developed; Scandinavian, Nordic.Formerly sometimes classified as a subdivision of East Germanic. ΚΠ 1873 A. S. Murray Mythol. vi. 372 The word which signifies ‘god’ in Sanscrit is Dewas;..in Gothic, Thius; and in North Germanic, Tyr. 1897 Mod. Lang. Notes 12 468 In East Germanic, North Germanic, and some of the other West Germanic languages the part[itive] gen[itive] plays a more important rôle than in German. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 148 North Germanic, a branch of the Germanic group of the Indo-European family of languages; it comprises Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Gotlandic (or Gutnian). Also called Scandinavian. 1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue ii. 32 English is part of the Germanic family, which gradually split into three branches. These were North Germanic, consisting of the Scandinavian languages; [etc.]. 2009 S. Höder in K. Braunmüller & J. House Convergence & Divergence in Lang. Contact Situations ii. 77 Modern North Germanic can be synchronically divided into two groups, Insular Nordic (Icelandic, Faroese) and Continental Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1845
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