dǫnsk tunga

Old Norse

Noun

dǫnsk tunga f

  1. the Scandinavian, North Germanic language
  2. Scandinavia, the area in which this language was spoken
    • Gráǵas, Baugatal (Finsen, V. 1852: Elzta lögbók íslendinga, eptir skinnbókinni í bókasafni konungs.)
      En þat ero log inoregi oc alla dansca tungo ef maðr þyrmir eigi griðom at sa maðr er utlagr fyrir endi langan noreg fram.
      But it is law in Norway and the whole Danish tongue, that if a man does not observe truces he is an outlaw throughout all of Norway and beyond.
    • 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál
      heita þeir hersar eða lendir menn í danskri tungu, en greifar í Saxlandi, en barúnar í Englandi.
      they are called hersar or landed men in the Danish tongue, but reeves in Saxony, but barons in England.
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