Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Old Norwegian is a term used for the Old Norse language as spoken and written in Norway in the Middle Ages. The term old Norse language refers to the language spoken in the wider old Norse area, in addition to Norway also Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Greenland and other islands in the North Sea. Old Norwegian is used to describe features of the language that were specific for Norway, likewise old Icelandic is used when referring to specifically Icelandic language, as different from the rest of the old Norse area.