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- Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse mythology. Given the prominent ... Bragi was a relatively important deity in Norse mythology, despite ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
- in them. In addition, Sturluson's Old Norse, while quite different ... of the types of verse-forms used in Old Norse poetry. Although Sturluson ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c. 970 – c. 1020 C.E.) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed in ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the ... a notable and relevant member of the Norse pantheon. More specifically ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost ... of the sky. As one of the Ásynjur (female Norse divinities), she was a goddess ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- that the mythic account emerged in an Old Norse-speaking area in Yorkshire ... Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries ... Valhalla. The term itself comes from the Old Norse valkyrja (plural "valkyrur ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented ... a troll-woman who hails him with this verse (in Old Norse): ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The earliest preserved examples of Old Norse literature are the Eddic ... Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in Old ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- Muspilli, the Old Saxon Heliand, and the Old Norse Poetic Edda all use alliterative ... alliterative meters beyond those of Old Norse. There have been many different ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- comes from Norse mythology|right. In Old Norse they are called álfr, ... mill—perhaps a custom with roots in the Old Norse álfablót. ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- Old Norse and Old English were still mutually comprehensible to a ... is often said to derive its name from the Old Norse, Jórvík, though that ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- pagan, devoting himself to the Slavic-Norse deities, establishing numerous ... his housekeeper Malusha, described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir (the gods of prosperity and fertility), and is seen as the god of ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- In Norse Mythology, Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder. ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr) was the realm of the gods (the Aesir) that was mythologically connected to the abode of the ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- A dwarf is a mythical creature, appearing most frequently in Norse ... The word dwarf appears in numerous forms in the old languages of Europe: ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- The word "fjord" comes from Old Norse, fjörðr, meaning ... In Norway, the usage is closest to the Old Norse, with fjord used for both ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Modern traditions portray gnomes as small, old men wearing pointed hats and ... Gnomes share many characteristics with the Norse dwarves, so much so that ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the chief god in Norse mythology whose role in the Norse pantheon is complex and multivalent: he is known as the ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- in response, depicted the standardized Old Norse spelling as an artificial ... as an introductory text for students of Old Norse. Sigurður Nordal called ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends ... The Old Norse vision of the future is bleak. Norse mythology's ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- was one of the most important deities in Norse mythology. He was said ... Freyr was also one of the esteemed Vanir (a race of Norse gods) and ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- her name itself means "lady" in Old Norse (cf. fru or Frau in Scandinavian ... seiðr magic to the Aesir (a clan of Norse gods). Given her various ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- sometimes maliciously, for example the Norse Loki, but usually the trickster ... Eshu in Yoruba mythology, Loki in Norse mythology, and Wakdjunga ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- came to be adjectives describing something old, rigid, out of touch with ... ===Germanic and Norse mythology=== [[Image:Ring45.jpg|thumb|right|200 ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- Haakon Haakonsson (1204 – December 15, 1263) (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson), also called Haakon the Old, was king ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- Forseti (Old Norse: "chairman"; Modern Icelandic and Faroese: ... mythological role. In the standardized Old Norse orthography, the name is ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- The term Nix comes from the Old High German Nichus, which became nickes or niches in Middle High German before finally becoming Nix in Modern ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- legends and as Þjóðrekr and Þiðrekr in Norse mythology. During his reign ... Theodoric the Great lived at a time when the old order in Western and central ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- words in modern English are derived from Old Norse, though of the 100 most ... each lost control of Northumbria to fresh Norse attacks before regaining ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- ideas. The mighty oak, which grows to an old age of hundreds of years, ... many years to enjoy first. In Britain, one old tradition has it that if a ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- new home and added features from their own Norse language, transforming it ... at Southwark. He then marched down the old Roman Road of Stane Street ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- origin ("Turold," a variant of Old Norse "Thorvaldr"). ... later, southern aesthetic into the story. A Norse version of the Song of Roland ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- The Primary Chronicle (Old-Slavonic: Пов ѣ сть времяньныхъ ... and George Hamartolus, native legends and Norse sagas, several Greek religious ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- themselves into persons, such as a wise old man who, over the course of ... the mother, the father, the wise old man, and the self. Others ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- English gos with the plural gés, German Gans and Old Norse gas. Other modern derivatives are Russian gus and Old Irish géiss; the family name of the ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- The Isle of Man was controlled by Norse, Scottish, and English lords ... of 2036 feet (621 meters). According to an old saying, from the summit one ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- In Old Norse, the víkingr, Jan Terje Faarlund. The Syntax of Old Norse ... itself is regarded in Scandinavia as of Old Norse origin, cognate with the ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- be expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the ... and Faroese, which are descended from Old West Norse. Danish, Swedish ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse") during the eleventh ... mostly by outbreaks of Old World diseases but also by several massacres ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- settlers around 700 C.E., bringing the Old Norse language to the islands ... grammar is most similar to Icelandic and Old Norse. In contrast, spoken Faeroese ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- fifth century and sixth centuries C.E. Old Norse parallels of the legend ... Full many a wonder is told us in stories old, of heroes worthy of praise ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:27, 14 November 2022
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав Мудрый; Christian name: George; Old Norse: Jarizleifr) was ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- an older Scandinavian word related to Old Norse rosmhvalr, "red? whale ... Females can begin ovulating as soon as four to six years old. Interestingly ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- struggles of the founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy; the other ... motif also appears in other stories from Norse mythology, in particular ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- sea monster, referred to in sections of the Old Testament. It is regarded ... ;Dwarf: A dwarf, appearing most frequently in Norse mythology, is ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- use of them, including the Roman, Greek, Norse, and other pagan religions ... The modern English word altar was derived from Old English alter, ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- of Novgorod whose name translates from Old Norse as "the river-island ... and Smolensk regions became known in Old Norse sources as "Gardarike ...42 KB (6,324 words) - 00:33, 9 January 2024
- until 1925). When she was only 11 years old, her father, the Norwegian ... of the Arthurian legends. She had studied Old Norse manuscripts and Medieval ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- Some authors recognize two subspecies, the Old World form Gulo gulo ... (e.g. Dutch Veelvraat). The name in Old Norse, Jarfr, lives on in the ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- the Genesis story found in the Torah and Old Testament involves a Serpent ... a liminal hero on the threshold between the old ways and the new Olympian ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- According to the Norse legends, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ... much debate. It is certainly derived from Old Norse, and was in all probability ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- quot;, in reference to its pointed head, Old English píc originally referring ... for the pike, ged, similarly derives from Old Norse gaddr (spike) (cf. the ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- the Icelandic language is the closest to Old Norse, the language of the Vikings ... Modern Icelandic remains close to the Old Norse spoken in the Viking Age. ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- " "Eroica," "Norse" and "Keltic," ... was responsible for assigning his "Two Old Songs" (1894) a misleading ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- The original meaning is reflected in the Old French cognate paisent ... quot;not Christian or Jewish," (c.f. Old Norse heiðinn). Historically ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- suffix; this is believed to be from the Old Norse ey and holmr, respectively. ... between the ninth and tenth centuries: the Norse suffix -ey for island can ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- An old Norse account of the northern lights is found in the Norwegian ... has been put forward as evidence that the Norse ventured as far as Antarctica ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- the Stone, meanwhile, is paralleled in the Norse Legend of Sigurd, who draws ... swords. The name Excalibur came from Old French Excalibor, which in ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- from medieval times…. [In ancient Norse tradition] sacrifice carried ... were previously associated with Freyr. In old Swedish art, Stephen is shown ...27 KB (4,434 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- Therefore there are only a few texts in the Old Swedish from that period. ... == Old Norse == Runestone [[image:Rökstenen 2.jpg|thumb|right|The ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- meant "people of the Swedes" (Old Norse Svíþjóð, Latin Suetidi ... Act of Succession is a treaty between the old Riksdag of the Estates and ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- (Precambrian Era, over 540 million years old) is one the main factors for ... Island with the Helluland described in Norse sagas, so it is possible ...26 KB (3,796 words) - 01:18, 17 November 2022
- that crows are kind birds that feed their old and weakened parents; this ... ravens Hugin and Munin, who accompany the Norse god Odin; the Celtic goddesses ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- or the auld Scots Parliament (Eng: old), met until the Acts of Union ... A thing or ting (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- (with new leaves constantly being grown and old ones shed), to only just over ... In the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible ("Tanakh"), trees ...33 KB (4,675 words) - 12:40, 18 April 2023
- of Saint Nicholas of Myra, as well as on Norse myths associated with the ... and a red hat. This new version of the age-old folkloric creature was inspired ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- Norse mythology also speaks of a world-serpent and deity of the sea ... quot;And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- Karl Hundason was an insulting byname (Old Norse for "Churl, son of ... Macbeth's father's second wife, a Norse woman. Duncan was defeated ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- assists Baal in gaining support from the old father of the gods to allow ... all offers, calling her a liar, since old age and death are the lot ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- part of the word is derived from the Old Norse hoggva or the Icelandic ... the dish originates from the days of the old Scottish cattle drovers. When ...18 KB (2,829 words) - 16:42, 21 January 2024
- in 1615. Artifacts believed to be of Norse origin have been found in ... New York into the Mohawk River. The old shoreline that was created ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- , or cross gammadion (crux gammata; Old French: fro|croix gammée ... * Mundilfari an Old Norse term has been associated in modern literature ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- some cases, children as young as five years old would be sent to jails where ... into this destitute area, as well as the old sheds of Eighteenth and Nineteenth ...22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:20, 4 December 2023
- believe are ultimately derived from Old Norse). This name is not recorded ... quot; and "glorious" in Old Norse, respectively). ...31 KB (4,615 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- In 1167, the Norse inhabitants of Dublin supported Roderic O’Connor ... After 1171, many Norse inhabitants left the old city, on the south ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- in his Systema Naturae. The name is based on the Old Norse word nár, meaning "corpse," in reference to the animal's pigmentation. In ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- was Norway's first Christian king. Norse traditions were slowly replaced ... The old Icelandic annals report that the Black Death came to Bergen ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- was not physically connected to the "Old World" of Europe and Asia. ... parts had previously been visited by the Norse, Basque, and Breton fishermen ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 12:31, 6 November 2021
- The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds ... Composed in Old French, apparently intended for oral performance by ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- before they became civilised, as shown in the Old Testament, the Edda, and Homer, and he tried to find such virtues in ancient German folk songs and ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- in the U.S. The entrance is located in an old mining pit known as "Misery ... Lake of the Clouds. Its name refers to a Norse myth about a world in the ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- Saxon conquest of eastern Britain. The Norse demigod Sigurd, or Siegfried ... Tintagel. On Uther's death, the 15-year-old Arthur succeeds him as king ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- cognate to Old High German triuwida, Old Norse tryggð. Like troth, it ... Modern German treu "faithful"), Old Norse tryggr, Gothic triggws. ...66 KB (9,824 words) - 23:40, 15 January 2024
- disrupted when Jack was just nine years old. His mother passed away from ... these endeavors centered around his love of Norse mythology. He also developed ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- may come from the Common Germanic verb smeugan (Old Norse smjúga) meaning "to creep into a hole." Alternatively, it may come from the Middle ...21 KB (3,255 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Parcae in Roman mythology, and Norns in Norse mythology, who determined ... prophesized destruction of Niniveh in the Old Testament, a destruction that ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- "From where?" I asked, and was curious to hear the old man ... the Kon-Tiki raft. Kon-Tiki was inspired by old drawings of Inca rafts made ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- ===Retirement and old age=== During his life in retirement, from 1959 ... by Anglo-Saxon literature, Germanic and Norse mythologies, Finnish mythology ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Old High German medela or huohili, and Old Norse arðr. ... into Balto-Slavic languages, such as Old Church Slavonic plugъ and ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- and explored the eastern Canadian coast. Norse literature speaks of skrælingar ... of a female child, approximately nine years old, who had clearly been born ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- The Old English word used for bread was ang|hlaf ( got|hlaifs ... quot; (bit, crumb, morsel), cognate with Old Norse brauð, Danish brød, Old ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- late fourteenth century. The word came from Old French "trompette" ... source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba "trumpet" ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- Of note is King Björn's barrow in Håga (Old Norse name: Haug) near Uppsala. ===Ukraine and Russia=== [[Image:LYablonskyFilipovkaKurganR1 ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- rood, ultimately from Latin crux, via Old Irish cros. Originally, both ... of the More Important Symbols of the Old and New Testament, the Primitive ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- In Norse mythology, the giant Bergelmir was a son of Thrudgelmir and ... * Gaster, Theodor H. Myth, Legend, and Custom in the Old Testament ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- the target," which was also used in Old English archery. ... The same root appears in several other Germanic languages, e.g., Old ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
