Search results for "Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- figures within ancient mythology, including the Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja, the Mesopotamian Ishtar, the Syro-Palestinian Astarte, and Venus' ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- in modern English are derived from Old Norse, though of the 100 most used ... each lost control of Northumbria to fresh Norse attacks before regaining ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Category:Anthropology Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Siegfried rhinemaidens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Jakob Berzelius, who named it after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. The metal had virtually no uses until the invention of the lantern mantle in 1885. ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- ("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 Norse legend that Thor sheltered from a thunderstorm under an oak tree has led to the belief that having an acorn on a windowsill will prevent ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- legends and as Þjóðrekr and Þiðrekr in Norse mythology. During his reign ... The Norse saga deals with Dietrich's return home. The most familiar ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- new home and added features from their own Norse language, transforming it ... began to lose much of its Germanic and Norse vocabulary, although it retained ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- The Isle of Man was controlled by Norse, Scottish, and English lords ... minted from an imported type two Hiberno-Norse penny die from Dublin. Hiberno ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- From 984 C.E., it was colonized by Norse settlers who lived in two ... Main contributors to the demise of the Norse settlements appeared ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 07:51, 25 May 2024
- In Old Norse, the víkingr, Jan Terje Faarlund. The Syntax of Old Norse ... on the Skagerrak, from where the first Norse merchant-warriors originated ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse") during the eleventh century, who established several colonies in Greenland and one short ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- settlers around 700 C.E., bringing the Old Norse language to the islands, ... is most similar to Icelandic and Old Norse. In contrast, spoken Faeroese ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- of the fifth century and sixth centuries C.E. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:27, 14 November 2022
- be expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the ... Faroese, which are descended from Old West Norse. Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- 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
- According to the Norse legends, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ... According to the Norse sagas, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- The Norse gods Freyr and Freyja both had boars. Freyr's boar was named Gullinbursti ("Golden Mane"), who was manufactured by the ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- who constantly plays tricks on the Norse gods. In folklore, the trickster ... *Odin principal deity of Norse mythology *Tiresias from the Odyssey ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
