Search results for "Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- by Anglo-Saxon literature, Germanic and Norse mythologies, Finnish mythology and the Bible. David Day. (Canadian) Tolkien's Ring. (New York: ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Both of these endeavors centered around his love of Norse mythology. He also developed a great love for the Greek literature and mythology while studying ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- in this book is based on similarities of names in Norse mythology and geographic names in the Black Sea region, such as Azov and æsir, Udi and Odin ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 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
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" as a celestial body that, within the solar system,[http://www.iau.org/news/press ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- sulh, Old High German medela or huohili, and Old Norse arðr. The current word plow also comes from Germanic, but it appears relatively late ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- In Norse mythology, the giant Bergelmir was a son of Thrudgelmir and the grandson of Aurgelmir, the founder of the race of frost giants. Bergelmir ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 19:36, 24 May 2024
- poem, Tristrams kvæði. In the collection of Old Norse prose-translations of Marie de France's lais--called Strengleikar (Stringed Instruments ...29 KB (4,638 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- Germanic source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba "trumpet"), of imitative origin." [https://www.etymonline.com/word/trump ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- or Odin's cross, because Odin's symbol in Norse mythology was a cross in a circle. Used throughout Native American culture to represent the ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- the deity of lightning, thunder and rain. In Norse Mythology, a rainbow called the Bifröst Bridge connects the realms of Ásgard and Midgard, homes ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- played a key role in structuring early Germanic, Norse and Old English forms of poetry. The alliterative patterns of early Germanic poetry interweave ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- Throughout the Norse lands (medieval Scandinavia including Iceland) people lived in longhouses (langhús). These were built with a stone base ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Nickname = Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State, Norse Dakota, The 701, Heaven | Motto = Liberty and Union, Now and Forever ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- quot; (bit, crumb, morsel), cognate with Old Norse brauð, Danish brød, Old Frisian brad, Middle Dutch brot, Dutch brood, and German Brot, had replaced ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- language, because many of them referred to Roman or Norse gods, such as Mars (March) and Thor (Thursday), and Roman emperors, such as Julius (July). As ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The same root appears in several other Germanic languages, e.g., Old Norse synd, or German Sünde. There is presumably a Germanic root *sun(d ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- diplomat Ahmad ibn Fadlan in 921 claims that Norse warriors were sometimes buried with female slaves, in the belief that these women would become their ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- of fertility, her element is Earth. In Norse mythology, the Earth goddess Jord was the mother of Thor and the daughter of Annar. By contrast ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- emergence of a group with mixed Irish and Norse ethnic background arose ... although some of the population is also of Norse, Anglo-Norman, English, Scottish ...92 KB (13,800 words) - 19:28, 31 May 2024
