norryt

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 62
A variant of nurry. Norse (nôrs), a. and n. [A reduced form of * Norsk, Icel. Norskr = Norw. Sw. Dan. Norsk, Norwegian or Icelandic, lit. (like Sw. Dan. nor disk = G. nordisch = D. noordsch ), of the north, The language of the North-that is, of Norway, Iceland, etc. Specifically-(a) Old Norwegian, practically identical with Old Icelandic, and called especially Old Norse. Old Icelandic, generally called, as in this dictionary, simply Icelandic, except when distinguished from modern Icelandic, represents the ancient Scand in avian tongue. (b) Old Norwegian, as distinguished in some particulars from the language as developed in Iceland. (c) Modern Norwegian. Norseman (nôrs'man), n.; pl. Norsemen (-men). A native of ancient Scand in a via; a North man. Norse. Norsk (norsk), a . nortelryt, n. [ME.: see nurtury.] Education. Hir nortelrie That she hadde lerned in the nonnerie. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 47. north
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