Search results for "Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- 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
- use of them, including the Roman, Greek, Norse, and other pagan religions ... ==Norse paganism== A basic altar, called a non|hörgr , was used for ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- ;Dwarf: A dwarf, appearing most frequently in Norse mythology, is ... ;Elf: The elf is found in Norse mythology and still survives in northern ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- *Norse and Germanic 'flyting' *Provençal and Catalan 'Jocs Florals' *Arabic 'naqa'id' *Argentinian 'payadores ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- 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 cleric ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- time was composed of Slavic, Finnic, and Norse peoples, among which the ... have uncovered no traces of a Slavic-Norse settlement in the Crimea ...42 KB (6,324 words) - 00:33, 9 January 2024
- heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology. Apsaras are said to be able to change their shapes at will, and specially rule over ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 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
- settlers from Scandinavia and also from Norse colonies in the British Isles ... two countries had long been closely allied; Norse mythology and even the language ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
