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Old Norse

A North Germanic textual tradition with runic and manuscript evidence.

The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.

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At a glance

Evidence and writing

Evidence / period
Early medieval and medieval evidence
Region
Scandinavia and North Atlantic
Writing system
Runic and Latin alphabets
Site status
Coming soon

Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.