Old Norse and the English Language. In the late 700s, Norse raiders - the Vikings - invaded the British Isles, and as one ...

In Old Norse, geit referred to a she-goat—but as an insult, the same word could also be used for a cowardly, gutless person. 6. Grybba An insult directed at women meaning “ugly hag.” 7., 8 ...

Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior* or Norse tradesman, ... Science: Old Norse; Science: Old Norse. 3 minute read. TIME. October 24, 1938 12:00 AM GMT-5.

In her new book, Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas, historian Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the world of the sagas, teasing fact from fiction to show that there ...

A centuries-old gold disc found in Denmark has revealed the earliest known mention of the Norse god Odin at least 150 years earlier than any previous inscription. The disc, known as a bracteate ...

AMERICAN VIKINGS: How the Norse Sailed Into the Lands and Imaginations of America. By Martyn Whittock. Pegasus Books. 272 pages. $29.95.

The Vikings gave no quarter when they stormed the city of Nantes, in what is now western France, in June 843—not even to the monks barricaded in the city's cathedral. "The heathens mowed down ...

Although English speakers were okay with keeping “glitter” and “glimmer,” they wanted the Norse invaders off their island. In the late 870s, Alfred the Great rallied his fighters and claimed victory.