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Norman(n.) c. 1200, "an inhabitant ofNormandy; one of the mixed Scandinavian-Frankish people who conquered England in 1066," late Old English, from Old FrenchNormanz, plural ofNormand,Normant, literally "North man," from a Scandinavian word meaning "northman" (seeNorse), in reference to ...
Afjordis “a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs.” In Scandinavia, it literally refers to “a bay.”Fjordultimately comes from the Old Northfirth-, meaning “fjord.” Because Scandinavia is known for itsfjords, it makes sense it would give English its name for this geog...
from Old NorseVanadis, another name forFreja W wand vondr(="rod") want vanta(="to lack") weak veikr whirl hvirfla(="to go around") whisk viska(="to plait") wight vigr(="able in battle") - The otherwightmeaning "man" is from Old English. window vindauga(="wind-eye") - Alt...
Minka is also the stage name of a, uh, “model.” I still remember the heat on my face when a gallery of her “performances” popped up on my screen.) A colleague of mine at SI knew a lot about Carver and his houses, and if I recall correctly had some relatives who owned a ...
The Old Germanic Principles of Name-Giving. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. 1939. [Woolf has compiled an impressive set of genealogies and king-lists from throughout the Germanic world. However, he has normalized the names, meaning that he's cleaned up the spelling to better conform to the ...
bers of Norse and Saami societies.⁷ While I agree with this interpretation, I also think it is important to emphasise the other, simpler "meaning" of the marriage, which in itself demonstrates the possibility and normality of a Norwegian high standing man marrying a high standing Saami woman...
I want this angle to bear its entire length up against the stop on the front leg. I stopped doing that here and I'll pick it back up in the AM. bottom ones are done These might need to be refined based on how well the top one fits against the stop. accidental woodworker ...
The name of the rune þ is þurs, which means ‘giant’ or ‘ogre’. So the intended meaning is ONí þursheiminum. Thus the girl is now most beautiful ‘in the ogre worlds’. The rune þ stands here for the word þurs. ...
and whose simple severity never suffers us to mistake their meaning. But, besides these gods, there were heroes of the race whose fame and glory were in every man’s memory, and whose mighty deeds were in every minstrel’s mouth: Helgi, Sigmund, Sinfjötli, Sigurd, Signy, Brynhildr, ...