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Northman|ˈnɔːθmən|
[OE. Norðman (see north a.) = OFris. North-, Nord-, OHG. Nort(h)-, Nordman, ON. Norðmaðr (pl. -menn), mod.G., Da., and Sw. Nordman: see also Norman n.1 The history of the word in Engl. is not continuous.]
1. (Chiefly pl.) An inhabitant or native of Norway or of Scandinavia.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. 17 Ohthere sæde..þæt he ealra Norðmonna norþmest bude. c937O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 937, Þær ᵹeflemed wearð Norðmanna breᵹu. c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxix. II. 180 Him onbuᵹon þa francan and þa fyrlenan norðmenn to þam wynsuman iuce wuldres cynincᵹes. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. vi. 165 Their habitation was in Norway, so called for the northern situation there-of, and themselues Northmen,..vpon lyke reason. 1817Scott Harold iii. vi, O'er Eric, Inguar's son, Dane and Northman piled the stone. 1845[see Northumbrian A]. 1887Haweis Lt. of Ages vii. 199 Wherever the North-man landed, he settled.
2. U.S. = northerner 1.
1836Southern Lit. Messenger II. 434 From my very heart, northman as I am, I admire and affect this good remnant of olden time. 1837Ibid. III. 337 Between the Virginians and the North-men there was a wide variance. |