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April 11th, 2014 | #1 |
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Notice things Viking feature a pleasant combination of rough-hewn and intricate. Kind of like VNN's style, actually.
Most noticeably in the gold-banded wood bowl or bucket, you can perceive that irregularity has charms perfection lacks. The item is simply more interesting than something machine produced and flawless would be. This style can be incorporated into anything, including writing. People should always be a little unsure, a little worried, about what's coming next - like the parents and vile urchins following Wonka perhaps into the geheimste (secretest) room in the chocolate factory. Last edited by Alex Linder; April 11th, 2014 at 11:13 PM. |
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Hurstwic Viking Age History. Informative useful resource.
http://www.hurstwic.com/history/text/history.htm |
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Here are some English words we took from the norse/vikings
Their system of law was called a "Ting" or "Thing" which is where our word originated. Some of the days of the week are named after Norse Gods: Tyrsday, Wotansday, Thorsday, Freyasday. The verb "brag" is named after the Poet Braggi. The word "lock" is from the Norse god Loki. (Might be incorrect.. Upon further research I think they're both derived from the Indo-European root *leug) The word "berserk" Will add more when I think of them |
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Padraic Colum's book "Children of Odin" - a retelling of the Eddas and the Volsung Saga for young adults. It tells some of the common myths in short stories http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/coo/index.htm
other texts: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/index.htm# |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_Norse_origin Last edited by M.N. Dalvez; April 11th, 2014 at 02:01 PM. |
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In England many place names ending in –by such as Whitby are where Vikings first settled. The –by has been passed on in the English language as “by-law” meaning the local law of the town or village.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking...western_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Wexford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leixlip#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians + more |
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This is your brain on a thousand years of christianity
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I know that about The Thing. P.J. O'Rourke mentioned that in one of his articles decades ago. He wrote a long one about Sweden I studied very closely for his techniques. His funniest one is really sly, a sort of pretending one figured something out and then "oh yeah, there it is." When in fact, I'd bet my eyetooth he worked backword from the new concept rather than coming to it purely through his own insight. Eh...a writer is a showman too, he must have his tricks.
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Article= Discovery suggests Viking slaves were buried with their masters Link= http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-...-masters-00859 |
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Yes. I think that is accurate. Also, the swedish word for village is indeed 'by'.
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September 8th, 2014 | #13 |
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Archaeologists Discover 1,000-Year-Old Viking ‘Parliament’ in Scotland
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/9268...t-in-scotland/ |
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...longships.html
Vikings conquered treacherous seas and created a formidable navy thanks to mass-production of TAR which was used to waterproof their ships Pits in Sweden were found which produced up to 300 litres of tar per batch This was ten times the volume of tar being created elsewhere in Europe Vast amounts of the substance allowed for the Vikings to grow their Navy fleet It was used to coat the timber of their longships and waterproof the vessels |
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