Norse

Writings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures.

Wikipedia tells me that a kenning is called a kenning from a norse phrase translating as "to express a thing in terms of another. "

another character , the norse god odin , rode on a magical flying horse across the sky in the winter to reward people with gifts.

The Norse believed that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year.

In Norse mythology Yggdrasil was a Great Ash Tree, also known as the Tree of Life.

(Norse mythology) a Valkyrie who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide.

Berserk refers to an Old Norse word used to describe the Viking warriors.

The families were accompanied by servants and slaves, many were Celts from Scotland and Ireland (known as Westmen to the Norse).

And I'll illustrate that five-point framework by the extinction of the Greenland Norse society.

Around the same time, Norse colonies sprang up in Iceland and Greenland.

And while rape and pillage were part of the agenda, they were a small part of Norse life.

One of a band of ancient Norse warriors legendary for their savagery and reckless frenzy in battle.

Perhaps the most famous legendary squid is the Norse Kraken, a monstrous, tentacled beast as large as an island that devoured ships whole.

Armed with a bow, a sword, shield and light armour, Norse arches are weak at shooting, but can stand their ground in melee.

Well armed and equipped Norse swordsmen. Able to wear chain and plate armour.

In Scandinavia the North Germanic tribes spoke a language we now call Old Norse, the ancestor of the modern Scandinavian languages.

In Norse mythology, earthquakes were explained as the violent struggling of the god Loki .

Norse mythology was a collection of beliefs and stories shared by Northern Germanic tribes.

In Ireland the basic ethnic stock is Celtic, with an admixture of Norse , French, Norman and English.

Core 3: According to Norse legend, thunder god Thor's chariot was pulled across the sky by two goats.

English got the word from Old Norse, not Africa.

although he has origins in norse and pre - christian mythology , santa claus took shape in the united states.

For example, the name "Thor" was given to the mythical Norse god of thunder, the loud sound that follows lightning in the sky.

Ethnic composition of Ireland: the basic ethnic stock is Celts with and admixture of Norse , French, Norman and English.

Old Norse legends say that the gods secured eternal youth by eating apples.

oslo is scandinavia ' s oldest capital . its name derives from two old norse words meaning ' god ' and ' meadow '

From an old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky.

According to Norse sagas, Erikson first spotted and landed in a "land of the flat stones, " or Helluland.

conventional metaphoric name for something, used esp. in Old English and Old Norse poetry.

The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland.

Who could safely sort out ea, as in Eton, meaning a river, from ey, Old Norse for island?

In Norse mythology, many of the gods' adventures originate in some trick or another played on their majesties by the half-god Loki.

Norse sagas suggest the Vikings discovered the Americas centuries before Columbus got there in 1492.

He has worn a bishop's robe and a Norse huntsman's animal skin.

Hel ": The Norse goddess of death and the underworld; the daughter of Loki. "

Its name derives from two Old Norse words meaning 'god' and 'meadow'.

The population of Norse towns turned Christian.

Before they became Christians, the English people worshipped the old Norse gods.

Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across.

The English names of the days of the week come from Latin, Norse, Old German, and Old English.

During this time, many Latin, Danish, and Norse words entered the English language.

At last the Norse yoke was broken by two remarkable men .

The third movements refer to Niflheim which is a far northern region of icy fogs a Norse mythology, and mists, darkness and cold.

the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600.

And in the 9th century Old Norse was carried far westward to Iceland.

Thor is the Norse god of thunder.

Old Norse Images of Women.

Homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts; population of foreign origin

AT Hialprek's court was born Sigurd, the son of Hjordis and Sigmund -- the favourite hero of Norse mythology

A History Of Old Norse Poetry And Poetics

thor, the Norse god of thunder and war