Search results for "Old Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in 1928. While she was immersed in Old Norse mythology in her personal life she underwent a conversion to Catholicism and her Catholicism clearly ...888 bytes (147 words) - 00:24, 25 July 2023
- 039;s Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden. ... #:In Norse mythology, Freyja was the goddess of fertility. ...735 bytes (84 words) - 10:30, 28 December 2023
- heven, hevin and hewin (heaven, sky), from Old English heofon, heofone (heaven ... , and possibly the rare Icelandic and Old Norse hifinn (heaven, sky), which ...3 KB (405 words) - 23:10, 29 August 2023
- European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein). ==Noun== shrine (plural shrines) ...1 KB (175 words) - 16:34, 30 November 2023
- From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West ... (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾 ...2 KB (197 words) - 15:04, 2 September 2023
- 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
- From Middle English market, from late Old English market (market) ... market), Old High German markat (market), Old Norse markaðr (market). ...3 KB (423 words) - 22:55, 28 September 2023
- West Germanic *rās; and partially from Old Norse rás (a running, race); ... (whence Old High German reiza (line) and Old Norse ríta (to score, log, outline ...7 KB (1,089 words) - 16:36, 31 August 2023
- 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
- From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (place of education ... Schule (school), Bavarian Schui (school), Old Norse skóli (school). ...5 KB (618 words) - 19:17, 10 August 2023
- 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
