Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Northman \North"man\ (n[^o]rth"man), n.; pl. {Northmen} (-men).
   [AS. nor[eth]man. See {North}, and {Man}, and cf. {Norman}.]
   One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of
   the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.