At the beginning of this year, I posted some of my favorite sayings from Hávamál. ( Well, here are some more good ones: )

( One informative response )

...marks the end of the Viking Age. 941 years ago, at least.

Haraldr Harðraða is defeated by Harold Godwinson.
Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066.

þreying f. 'a patient waiting,' göra sér e-ð til af-þreyingar 'in order to kill time ( Read more... )

Viking Age Laureling ceremonies:

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/peerage.html
http://www.stringpage.com/laurel/laurel.html

http://www.arkeodok.com/Viking%20single%20beads/index.htmlRead more... )

haf n. 'the sea ( Read more... )

lalli m. "a toddler"

laga (að) "to mix a beverage"

hollusta f. "faith, loyalty (esp. loyalty to liege lord)
hollusta-eiða m. "an oath of fealty"
holla (d) w/dat. "to help"
holl-liga adv. "faithfully" (*hollliga >> holliga)
hollr adj. "(of kings) gracious; (of followers) faithful, loyal; (of things) wholesome"

húm n. (poetic) the sea (from its dusky color ( Read more... )

valbráð f. 'venison'
val-galdr m. 'charms'
atatata "an anamatopoetic interjection, imitating the chatter of teeth in the cold"