Dane.
A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
Meaning & usage
A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
In Anglo-Saxon England, any of the seafaring raiders and settlers who attacked and colonized parts of England from the late 8th century onward; a Viking.
A member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
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