Old Norse was the language spoken by the Vikings, and the language in which the Eddas, sagas, and most of the other primary sources for our current knowledge of Norse mythology were written. Old Norse is a member of the Germanic family of languages, which also includes English, German, and several other languages that are widely spoken today.

The Vikings mainly spoke Old Norse, common in Scandinavia and other Nordic settlements. Old Norse first appeared in the 8th Century as the Proto-Norse language. Proto-Norse later developed into Old Norse and spread between the 9th to the 13th Century. There were dialects within the same language- Old East Norse, Old, West Norse, and Old Gutnish.

We can say that the language of the Vikings was Old Norse, a language of the Germanic family that was spoken in Scandinavia from the beginning of the Viking era until 1300. Old Norse derives from Proto-Norse, a language spoken between III and VII century.

Vikings primarily spoke Old Norse, which was commonly spoken in Scandinavia and other Nordic settlements. The language included several dialects. Additionally, as the Vikings spread around the world, they adopted other languages, particularly Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon.

Old Norse was a North Germanic language once spoken in Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and in parts of Russia, France and the British Isles and Ireland. It was the language of the Vikings or Norsemen.

Vikings came from Scandinavia and spoke a language called Old Norse. It’s worth mentioning here that the word “Viking” means “pirate raid” in Old Norse. For over a century, the Vikings controlled most of Eastern England, before being pushed back into the North-East of the country by King Alfred the Great.

Old Norse is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). Formally, it can be divided into two similar dialects: West Norse (Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian), and East Norse (Old Danish and Old Swedish).