Classical Germanic language used 0441; 11501350, the literary language of the Icelandic saga s, skaldic poetry , and Edda s.
The terms Old Norse and Old Icelandic are sometimes used interchangeably because Icelandic records of this period are more plentiful and of greater literary value than those in the other Scandinavian languages, but Old Norse also embraces the ancestors of modern Norwegian , Danish , Swedish , and Faroese.