Old Norse Language

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How Did it All Begin? The Rich Origins of the English Language

Ancient Origins 04 Nov 2021

The English language was also heavily influenced by old medieval Latin, especially via Christianity ... The Old English word endings disappear, and a switch to a stricter word order appears, all under the influence of the Old Norse grammar ... Norman itself had roots in Old Norse and introduced words that were both French and Norse in origin.

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Simon Roper: the 23-year-old reconstructing the past for millions of online viewers

New Statesman 14 Oct 2021

On Christmas Eve last year, a 22-year-old student called Simon Roper posted a video on YouTube in which he reconstructed the development of the London accent from 1340 to 2006 in a single monologue ... Alongside the lip-syncers and dancers on TikTok are language nerds presenting Old English or Norse “as it really sounded’ and parroting dead speech.

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The jeweler who forged the One Ring never got to see it

Polygon 06 Oct 2021

As a scholar of Old English , Old Norse, and other Germanic languages , J.R.R ... Never fully comfortable in the classroom due to the language barrier, Hansen left school at the (then) legal age of fifteen to begin a jeweler’s apprenticeship in 1956.

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Michael J. Murrin, University of Chicago literature professor and dragon expert, dead at 83

Chicago Sun-Times 13 Aug 2021

“That’s the great mythic dragon, standard in old Norse stories,” he told the newspaper ... He read the great epics in the languages in which they were written. classical Greek and Persian, Latin, Old Norse, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, according to Joshua Scodel, an English professor at the university ... “Old men ought to be explorers.” ....

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Would you move to Scotland’s remote islands for £50,000?

The National 04 Aug 2021

Don’t miss Iona’s age-old monastery or any of the seven National Nature Reserves, which are the best places to spot golden eagles, red deer, seals, otters and more.Arran, Bute and the Cumbrae ... Even the language here is different, with many islanders speaking what’s known as Shetlandic, a regional dialect and a mix between Old Scots and Norse.

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What to see and do in the Faroe Islands

The Spectator 12 Jul 2021

Centuries-old mountain paths link many villages, and excellent website bygdagotur.fo details numerous hikes by length, duration and difficulty ... They have their own currency, pegged to the Danish kronor, and their own language, Faroese, a variant of Old Norse, similar to Icelandic and one of only two Viking languages still existing today.

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Seven Viking tombs are discovered in a 'surprisingly Christian-looking burial' in Sweden holding the 1,000-year-old ...

The Daily Mail 06 Jul 2021

Swedish archaeologists have recovered seven tombs of Viking adults and infants from the 10th century who likely converted to Christianity prior to their death ... RELATED ARTICLES. Previous 1 Next ... Remains of a 100ft-long, 1,000-year-old church built by Holy... Share ... The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means ‘a pirate raid’ ... .

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No dogs, no beer, some Irish. A Limerickman makes Iceland home

The Irish Times 28 Jun 2021

First there was a three-month intensive course in Icelandic, not the easiest of languages to take on. Icelandic is a highly inflected language, and because of the country’s isolation through the centuries it has retained many archaic features from Old Norse ... Norse colony in AD 985.

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Ames woman pens first novel, 'The Witch’s Heart,' centered on Norse mythology

Ames Tribune 21 Jun 2021

“When I came back, I took a language class on the Old Norse language, and the rest was history ... “The Prose Edda,” an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century, and the “Poetic Edda,” a collection of Old Norse anonymous poems ... Tolkien was a Norse and early English scholar.

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10 of the best lesser-known walking trails in the UK

The Observer 13 Jun 2021

Greenwich Meridian Trail, East Sussex to east Yorkshire. Peacehaven. Sand le Mere. miles, 25-30 days ... Photograph ... Melrose ... Carlisle ... Named after an old Norse word meaning “frontier”, the Landsker Line is a conceptual language border between the predominantly Welsh-speaking Carmarthenshire and English-speaking Pembrokeshire, dating back almost 1,000 years.

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Skeleton of Viking who was slain in an 'ethnic cleansing' massacre in 11th century England ...

The Daily Mail 10 Jun 2021

Two Viking warriors from the same clan separated for more than 1,000 years have finally been reunited at Denmark's National Museum, officials said on Wednesday ... John's College in Oxford, England in 2008 ... Melting Norwegian glacier releases 500-year-old Viking... Share ... The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means ‘a pirate raid’.

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Glamorous and worldly: Five things to know about Vikings

Raw Story 12 Mar 2021

In popular culture they're depicted as ruthless warriors who pillaged and plundered ... Where does their name come from? ... In Old Norse, an old Scandinavian language, the word appears as "vikingr", which designates a person, while "viking" designates a practice ... That word is similar, but not exactly the same, as the word used in Old Norse ... No horns.

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Professing Faith: Norse mythology both obscure and fascinating

The Press Enterprise 19 Feb 2021

The manuscript appears to have been written in Iceland around 1300 in the Old Norse language, or the “way of ancient words.” What happened to it after its composition is unclear, but around 1643 it was in the possession of a gentleman named Jon Finnsson, whose family had held it for an unknown period.

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Wayland the Smith: The Lost Germanic Legend of the Flying Blacksmith

Ancient Origins 20 Nov 2020

In Old Norse, he is Völund and Velentr; in old High German, he is Wiolant; in Old Frisian, Welandu; in Old French he is Galant; and in Old English, Wēland ... In the Old Norse sources, he manages to slay the king’s sons, fashioning goblets out of their skulls and jewels out of their eyes.

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Glamorous and worldly: Things to know about Vikings

Manila Standard Today 14 Nov 2020

In popular culture they're depicted as ruthless warriors who pillaged and plundered ... In Old Norse, an old Scandinavian language, the word appears as "vikingr" which designates a person, while "viking" designates a practice ... That word is similar, but not exactly the same, as the word used in Old Norse ... AFP . .