Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / Germanic: The northern branch of Indo-European, often subdivided into (1) East Germanic or Gothic, (2) West Germanic, and (3) North Germanic. Old Norse fits in the North Germanic sub-branch while Old English falls in the West Germanic sub-branch.
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West Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / West Germanic: A sub-branch of the Germanic family of languages including Dutch, English, and German, in contrast with the North Germanic sub-branch (including Old Norse, Norwegian, and Icelandic) and the East Germa MORE

East Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / East Germanic: A sub-branch of the Germanic language family. Gothic was an East Germanic language. MORE

North Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / North Germanic: The sub-branch of the Germanic languages that contains Swedish and Old Norse. MORE

Indo-Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / Indo-Germanic: Also called Indo-Aryan, this is an obsolete term for Indo-European. MORE

Futhorc

Entertainment / Literature / Futhorc: The runic alphabet used by the Norse and other Germanic tribes. The Anglo-Saxon letters ash, thorn, wynn, and edh (or -eth) used in early medieval England were borrowed from futhorc. MORE

Kenning

Entertainment / Literature / Kenning: A form of compounding in Old English, Old Norse, and Germanic poetry. In this poetic device, the poet creates a new compound word or phrase to describe an object or activity. Specifically, this compou MORE