bolsvǫxtr (sb. m.): 7 cits, e.g. physique, figure // kropsbygning, figur ‘var hon (N: ɔ: Marta) ... hęversk at medferdum, kurteis i bolsvexti’ (MM in AM 233 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o9957 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: jarða (vb.): 64 cits, e.g. bury (sby/sth.), inter (sby/sth.) // begrave (ngn/ngt), jorde (ngn/ngt) ‘iarðaðe anndlegan faður. virðulegr sunr’ (Barl in Holm perg 6 fol) onp.ku.dk/o41202 #OldNorse

ᚺ Hagalaz | Gýgratrú Runes

Can't believe I started this project a year ago. I was supposed to be done by now …

But here, I've completed Hagalaz and explained its history and meaning here. #futhark #runes #OldNorse #ScandiMyth

A leather tile into which the rune Hagalaz has been burned. It lies on a patch of grass, surrounded by hailstones.

I asked for a cold winter, the giantess gave me a cold, snowy winter. I asked for a couple additional days of this, she granted them.

Recently I said it's time for me to write about Hagalaz, I could use some hail.

See what the giantess has given. I am hers.
#OldNorse #runes #futhark #giantess

I think one of the strengths of #OldNorse is how people form personal relationships with it today, and I think that's because even the source material is just reconstruction and memory. There's no definitive word, only the collective voice of disparate communities. There's no "true path."

Keeping a foot in both worlds, interpreting the roles of jötnar in mind as they're successively employed by patriarchal societies, while also engaging with them as an indigenous population. Hard to talk about without sounding unhinged. #OldNorse

borð (sb. n.): 537 cits, e.g. rim, edge, margin between rim and liquid // kant, rand, afstand mellem kant og væske ‘litz honvm nv sva, sem miɴa hafi þorrit, en ienv fyʀa siɴi; er nv gott *beranda borð ahorninv’ (SnE in GKS 2367 4°) onp.ku.dk/o10067 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: cits, e.g. // ‘’ ( in ) onp.ku.dk/o58966 #OldNorse

einhverr (pron. indef.): 95 cits, e.g. (I) (in conn. with expressions of number) some ... (ɔ: approximately), any ... ‘fiska vætt og þar til einhuer xx alner ofridar’ (DI in AM 267 I 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16988 #OldNorse

barnlauss (adj.): 41 cits, e.g. childless // barnløs ‘ef Magnus konungr andadizt barnlaus og lifir Ho᷎rdaknutr leingr þa skyllde hann eignazt ... allan Noreg’ (MH in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o7113 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: partr (sb. m.): 122 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: part (of a whole), piece (of something), paragraph] // del (af hele), stykke (af ngt), afsnit ‘⸢annan hvern partinn [V: part a þeim] let hann iafnan ubirktan uera’ (Stj in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o62002 #OldNorse

In just under two weeks, we have our next seminar, on Thursday 23rd April from 17:15-19:00, either in Parkinson SR (B.11) or Online (via Teams). The first talk will begin at 17:30. The two speakers of this seminar are: Mary Catherine O'Connor (University of Oxford) Raging Royals and Kingly Virtue: Rex Iustus ideology and Norse Arthurian Romance J.D. Moore (University of St Andrews) Encounters with Courtesy: Jarl Rǫgnvald Kali Kolsson and Ermengarde of Narbonne in the Mid-Twelfth Century Please use this link to register for the seminar: The Long Middle Ages Seminar 7 Registration (23rd April) – Fill in form A reminder that if you sign up to come online, the link will be sent out the afternoon of the seminar (around 1pm). We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Our next seminar will be on 23rd April with talks by Mary Catherine O'Connor (Oxford) and J.D. Moore (St Andrews). Our co-convenor, @nrhopwood.bsky.social , is especially excited for Old Norse week! Sign up to attend here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages #oldnorse

bǿjarlýðr (sb. m.): 14 cits, e.g. population of a (Norwegian) town // befolkning i (norsk) købstad ‘Sigurdr erchibyskup ok allir korsbrædr ok mart annarra kennimanna ok allr bæiarlydr ok margir Birkibeinar’ (Hák in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12974 #OldNorse

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
Last article finished 🤞While some of them are Headword and Translation, others are... not.
#Question for specialists in #OldNorse, East and West varieties and Old #Gutnish (you know who you are!)
Is ǫ → a regular #vowel #shift from OWN → OEN/OG?
Thanks!

einnhverr (pron. indef.): 278 cits, e.g. (with superl.) one of the (best, etc.), the (best, etc.) of all ‘þeir hofþv ... tekit vp bv hans þat er haɴ atti .i. hvert ꜹþgazt’ (Jvs in AM 291 4°) onp.ku.dk/o17100 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: signa (vb.): 43 cits, e.g. // ‘hann signdi sik varla’ (GBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o68406 #OldNorse

ǽ (interj.): 5 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: alas, woe] // av, ak og ve ‘Menn kalla einn við y. en æ þat er veinvn’ (Gramm in DG 11) onp.ku.dk/o91405 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: átala (sb. f.): 27 cits, e.g. reprimand, rebuke, censure // bebrejdelse, irettesættelse, kritik ‘’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o5193 #OldNorse

áhyggja (sb. f.): 114 cits, e.g. annoyance, source of concern // fortrædelighed ‘at móðr hugr í hinum ytrvm áhyggium. hafe þat er hann fagne aftr horfen til sín. ok scili hvært hann scal mest fýsasc’ (Alk in AM 619 4°) onp.ku.dk/o1202 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: ǫfund (sb. f.): 89 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (I) physical harm, violation] // (I) fysisk overlast, krænkelse ‘ef manne er med ofund mẏsþyrmtt’ (DI in AM dipl isl fasc XXXI 10) onp.ku.dk/o92121 #OldNorse

A wooden stake mounted in the ground, carved with Elder Futhark reading STEKJA.

An 18" cooking grid covered with four burgers, two marinated portobello caps, and some sliced and seasoned zucchini.

I stand amid my cooking setup, with the grill, a lawn chair, and a folding table with my accouterment and seasonings.

Having completed 56 years on this hapless rock, I spent the afternoon grilling excellent burgers, one of my few entirely selfish gestures (shared with my wife). #grilling #birthday #OldNorse #futhark

Yesterday’s #Wordle: stigi (sb. m.): 47 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: ladder, fire ladder, (spec.) storm ladder (cf. Falk 1914 197)] // stige, brandstige, (spec.) stormstige (cf. Falk 1914 197) ‘þeir toko stiga ok settv við kirkiona’ (Hák in AM 45 fol) onp.ku.dk/o75494 #OldNorse

átǫlulauss (adj.): 7 cits, e.g. uncontested, free from claim // ikke anfægtet, uden fordring ‘þetta hafde enne (N: ɔ: Enni) atolu laust medan hann visse’ (IslDipl in AM dipl isl fasc II 5) onp.ku.dk/o5649 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: yrkja (vb.): 160 cits, e.g. (of poetry) recite to (sby) // digte til (ngn) ‘kantv nocqvaþ yrcia. Ecki herra s. (N: svarar) hann. Nei s. (N: segir) konungr yrc nv til min. Sa s. (N: svarar) Þa mvno þer yrcia ímoti’ (Mork in GKS 1009 fol) onp.ku.dk/o88973 #OldNorse

Yesterday’s #Wordle: seiðr (sb. m.): 27 cits, e.g. (performing of) sorcery, spell, incantation // (udøvelse af) magi/trolddom, sejd ‘gekk Ingjaldr til frétta við Heiði ok spurði, hversu seiðrinn hefði gengit’ (Ǫrv in Holm perg 7 4°) onp.ku.dk/o67635 #OldNorse

Here's a nice resource for other runic inscriptions which were found in Norway!
#viking #oldnorse #runes

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Jórunn skáldmær ("Poet-maiden"), 10th century, the only woman among 67 skalds named by Snorri Sturluson. She composed political verse sharp enough to cut between a king and his son. 5/7
#Skáldkonur #OldNorse #WomenInHistory

Blood is "battle-sweat"
A ship is a "plank-horse"
The sea is a "whale-road"
A sword is a "battle-icicle"
Gold is "fire of the sea"
The sun is a "sky-candle"
And poetry itself? "Odin's mead." 2/7
#Kennings #OldNorse #Skaldic

Today I learned that in Old Norse poetry, an arrow is a "wound-bee."
That's a kenning, the Viking poets' way of naming the world through metaphor. And it gets better. 1/7
#OldNorse #Poetry #Kennings #Vikings

eftirlátr (adj.): 46 cits, e.g. devoted, respectful, loyal, faithful, submissive, obedient // hengiven, ærbødig, tro, underdanig, lydig ‘ef þú vilt vera oss trú ok holl, hlýðin ok eptirlát, ok þverúðaz eigi við oss’ (HálfdEyst in AM 109 a 8°) onp.ku.dk/o18266 #OldNorse