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Old Norse
Noun
dǫnsk tunga f
- the Scandinavian, North Germanic language
- 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.