Any idea what Orion’s Belt was called in Norse cosmology? I've found the English translations, at least - Freya's/Frigg's Distaff. Lance ... Alt i én. Få...
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/stars.shtml The Viking Answer lady has a lot of info about the names of stars etc I do not see Freya's/Friggs Distaff mentioned...
I seem to keep forgetting einn can mean alone - - and I really should learn the declensions, sigh. LN: Imperative: "(you) see to it alone", "you alone see to...
It was hiding in there under a Latinized version of her name: "Frigga's Distaff. The last of the constellations which may belong to the Viking Age is...
I am glad it was useful - I have always found the "Viking Answer Lady" to be a very handy source for looking into odd and interesting features Kveðja Patricia...
44. kafli Nú ríða menn heim af þingi. Og er Gunnar kom heim mælti hann til Sigmundar: "Meiri Now men ride home from (the) Thing. And when Gunnar came...
Hello Everybody - it seems here - towards the end - Hallgerð has her wooden spoon out - stirring it up - I mean to say what else is new Chapter 44 Nú ríða...
Comments welcome. I hope this is of some help to others. 44. kafli Chapter 44 Nú rÃða (present) menn heim af þingi. Og er Gunnar kom heim mælti hann til...
... f sg) þig sáttan við Njál og sonu hans ... gervan ... sáttan: both masculine accusative singular, I think, agreeing with the direct object þik. "I...
Hello Everybody I know that this goes a little off topic, but for a forthcoming publication in which I'm involved, I would like to ask if anybody knows ...
http://bjornsson.crosswinds.net/sca/danr_as/pickle/pickle.htm This speaks of Mead Vinegar - should be of some use - they drank mead but I
am not really sure if...
Hi Stefano, (Old + Modern) Icelandic edik, Old Swedish ætik(i)a, etc. is a loanword from Latin acetum via Middle Low German etik. Terminology to do with...
Well found, Patricia. Here's another on mead and fermented drinks in general, although it doesn't mention vinegar: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/drink.shtml...
I got so excited about having figured out what was going on with all the armaments that I totally messed up all the verb tenses! Thanks! Grace Fred and Grace...
So Right - I go along with Grace - I also got so involved with the
gratuitous killing and the Shenanigans between the two houses "both alike
in Dignity" that ...
Greetings all I am returning to this group after spending the last year teaching myself Middle Welsh and I am currently in the midsts of reading the Mabongoi -...
I find your mention of your Studies to be of great interest to me Andrew - I have always been of the belief that Welsh had hardly changed over centuries -...
Greetings All I am working on the prologue to Snorri's Edda and came across an interesting line about elephants. It is when the Trojan prince Thorr is being...
... I think the comparison is rather to the more precious material, ivory, "inlaid in oak", so that his fairness stands out clearly surrounded by the dullness...
As mentioned below, "fil" (with a long i) is a Persian word for elephant. The original Persian word is actually "pil" (with long i), but Arabic took it from...
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