November 2010
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Discovering the Amharic Language: Learning the... →
amhariclanguage:
The Faroese language is classified as a North Germanic language. It has approximately 47,000 speakers in the Faroe Islands. Faroese is related to the Icelandic language. It is also related to the dialects of western Norway. The Faroese language has a distinctive character of its own due to the…
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Viking Siege of Paris - 1125 Years On →
christopher-spellman:
Beginning on the 25th of November, 885 and lasting until October of 886, a Danish/Norse army under Sigfred and Hrolf sailed up France’s Seine river in a bid to take the city of Paris. A few chronicles detailing the attack survive and paint a vivid picture of the events of this momentous struggle. Among the most striking accounts comes from the hand of Abbo Cernuus, a...
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cinnamonzen asked: I have always been fascinated by Norse Mythology and more or less anything related to them--I'm actually getting my degree in Medieval Studies because of my love of Norse and Celtic, well, anything. That and I've felt connected to them as some of my ancestors were also Scandinavian. So I think I pretty much squealed aloud when I came across this blog. Even more so to find it so full of...
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Norwegian Place Name Elements
thewaynorth:
Agricultural åker or akr, “open field” dalr, “valley” eng, “meadow” ló, “meadow” sæter or setr, “dairy pastures” teigr, “strip of meadowland” vangr, “pasture” vin, “meadow” völlr, “plain” þveit, “clearing”
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nightpages-deactivated20110307- asked: Just wanted to say... this is cool. I'm half nordic and it's always fun checking out the history of the ancestral homelands! Used to live in Sweden, so maybe I'll submit a couple pics of norse-stuff for y'all!
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amethystmarzipan asked: Got it. Thanks for answering. I should have known better because A) you mentioned an axe in the post, and b) it's shaped like some of the Native American axe heads I have worked with in an archaeology lab. Duh, me. I guess I just wasn't looking at it the right way. Keep up the good work with the blog.
cockman-dickman asked: I don't have any questions, but I play in a viking metal band, and this is pretty much the best thing to ever happen to me. FUCK YEA NORSEMEN!
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amethystmarzipan asked: What exactly am I looking at in the "Mammen Style" post? Is this some kind of monolith or what?
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