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#YAlit #bookreview THE BALLAD OF INNES OF SKARA SKAILL is at YABC!
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Poster for a talk called Twisted Ribbons of Song: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and poetry from or inspired by northern Scotland. Date: Tuesday 9 December, 5.30 pm, Baines Wing G36 (and online) Speakers Judith Jesch and Charlotte Eichler. Text: The medieval Icelandic Saga of the Earls of Orkney contains 82 stanzas composed from the tenth to the twelfth century by residents of and visitors to Orkney and Shetland. At this event, Judith Jesch, Professor of Viking Studies at Nottingham, will introduce the saga and its poetry and read selected examples in both Old Norse and her English versions. Award-winning Leeds-based poet Charlotte Eichler will read some of her published and unpublished poems inspired by the Saga and by visits to Orkney and Shetland as part of Judith’s Ragna’s Islands project. Photos of book cover of Judith's translation of the saga (which includes four Lewis chessmen) and picture of Charlotte on Fair Isle writing amidst stones and grass
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ON hestr occurs in many #NorthernIsles #PlaceNames including Hestivall #Rousay where it is compounded with ON vǫllr m. ‘plain, meadow, pasture’; Hesti Geo #FairIsle compounded with gjá f. ‘inlet, coastal gully’ & Marwick notes the #Papay fishing mark Hest as well as a tide so-names S. of the Holm.
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ON hross n. 'horse' also occurs in the following #NorthernIsles #PlaceNames: Ross Geo & Russiger (with gjá f. 'Inlet, coastal gully' & garðr 'enclosure') in #Papay, and, Ruskilie (perhaps with hlíð f. 'slope, hillside') in #FairIsle
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Entrance to Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Scotland
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Earl’s Palace in central Kirkwall, Orkney.
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Tonight’s sunset from my backyard.
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View of Damsay Islet from Curween Hill Chambered Cairn in Finstown, Orkney, Scotland.
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Watch me play Europe region by region on #GeoGuessr! Today, Ep. 593 #Norðoya sýsla / #NorthernIsles, The #Faroe Islands!
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A photo of a standing stone covered in lichen and alight dusting of snow. in the background there is snowy moorland, water, and a low hill. The sky is blue.
Chilly days are back, reminding me of my trip to a snowy Orkney earlier this year. (No snow here in #Jura though!)
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What a day - and night - we've had in #Orkney ... Blazing sun by day and blazing #aurora tonight! Only came in because I'm practically hypothermic now... Mesmerising #northernlights #merriedancers #scotland #northernisles
Stunner of a day up here in #Orkney … here’s a path down on to #bayofskaill #northernisles #Scotland #scottishislands ##scottishbeaches
#firthpark #bigmoonrising #harvestmoon #moonrise #finstown #firth #orkney #scottishislands #northernisles @ Finstown Community Park www.instagram.com/p/CFpKby3AZMI/
#imstillstanding #ringofbrodgar #orkneyislands #orkney #scottishislands #northernisles #scottishfold #scottishspring www.instagram.com/p/B_IcPHRgkMa/
Comet Stone, Ring of Brodgar #cometstone #ringofbrodgar #harrayloch #harray #neolithic #henge #stonecircle #orkney #visitorkney #loveorkney #northernisles #scottishislands #scottishwinter #whs #worldheritagesite @… www.instagram.com/p/B6I6bdYApRw/
#skarabrae #bayofskaill #orkney #visitorkney #sandwick #neolithic #rainbow #tourguidelife #workingoutdoors #wintersun #scottishislands #instascotland #scotlandmagazine #northernisles #scottishbeaches #scotland @… www.instagram.com/p/B5iuSYQgGYU/
#ladykirk #pierrowall #westray #northernisles #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #visitwestray #scottishsummer @ Lady Kirk www.instagram.com/p/ByWG9ZqAOie/
#jackschippy #pierowall #westray #northernisles #orkney #loveorkney #visitorkney #whereitsallhappening #chippy #sausagesupper Jack's Chippy is obviously the place to be on a Wednesday evening - they're doing a… www.instagram.com/p/ByVlHMQAhA0/
#westrayheritagecentre #westray #orkney #northernisles #loveorkney #visitorkney #orkneyferries #whaleskeleton #maritimeheritage #islandheritage #fishing @ Westray Heritage Centre www.instagram.com/p/ByVE-NhA9uX/
