Calontir has a very strong Anglo-Saxon influence on it's culture.
Northshield is more subtle, but it can be said to have Norse influence.

Are these types of influences unique, of are other kingdoms defined in part by historic cultures?

[Edit: and further, can you list them as I'm curious for which one has which culture influence?]

nord-skog-en 'north-wood-the' in Norwegen
ON m. nom. norðskógr(inn) (gen. norðskógar)

They have castles.

http://fibers.destinyslobster.com/Japanese/Food/japfood.htm

Eyja's mother is finally getting a name, mostly because my mother wants an apron dress and if she's going to do the norse stuff, she should really get a norse name to go with it. (The way things are going, I'm just going to have to start bringing her to events so she can actually wear some of this other than at home...and out in public. Did I ( Read more... )

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I'm already finding a few more sites on Embroidery (as well as being reintroduced to stuff I've found). My links list is going to be huuuuuuge!

( Cut for the uninterested )

Well, it seemed silly to have such a norse-inspired journal design and not have up *any* Viking research sites up on my link list, so I have now fixed that. It has greatly increased the length of said link list, but, y'know...

If people have a few more suggestions of good sites, please let me know. ^_^

Speaking of which: morisong! What were some of ( Read more... )

Þakkan f. a thanking
Þakklátr adj. thankful, grateful
Þakklæti n. thankfullness, thanks
þakknæmr adj. thankful grateful
Þakksamliga adv. thankfully, gratefully
Þakksamligr adj. thankful, grateful

aldyggr adj. faithful

andsvara, annsvara (að) to answer [rare and in a more formal sense than svara]; be responsible for sem ek vil a. fyrir Guði "as I ( Read more... )

herra - m. indecl. in sng, reg. in pl. herrar; "a lord; master": in olden times used to address konungr or jarl. In 13th c. used for knights and barons, and later referred to priests. (As herr means host, and herra is derivative, the original meaning is something like someone who commands/in charge of a host/a people)

herra-dómr = dominion, ( Read more... )