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Norwegian comes from Old English Norþweġ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþweġas Norweġ
- Englishearliest quotation 1953Norwegian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþweġas Norweġ
- Englishearliest quotation 1953Norwegian
Earliest quotation: 1953, C. E. N. Watts, Railway Through Lapland: “Between Kiruna and the Norwegian border, along the chain…”
Every English word from Old English Norþweġ
Today it means
name The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Norþweġ / Norwegian