Unlike the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam), Norse Paganism is a polytheistic religion – in other words, followers believe in multiple gods and goddesses. These gods exhibit what we might recognise as human traits. The gods argue, make errors and have flawed personalities, ju...
The Old Norse language was transmitted throughout Europe and the British Isles by Northern Germanicvikinginvaders and via trade and exploration in early European history. Over time, Old Norseloanwordsbecame incorporated into Old English, and some remain in the modern English we use today. Each year...
Words for Saturday in the North Germanic languages have a different root, however. These includelördagin Swedish,lørdagin Danish and Norwegian,leygardagurin Faroese andlaugardagurin Icelandic. They all come from the Old Norselaugardagr, fromlaug(pool) anddagr(day), so literally “bathing d...
Nordic Rune Meanings Like our own familiar alphabet, therunes symbolize sounds, that can be used to spell out different words. They were used in this way for mundane notes and records as required. But each rune also had a philosophical and magical significance. Below is a list of the names...
Name MeaningsEven a brief look through a list of Old Norse names reveals that the majority contain one or more name-elements which are identical to ordinary nouns and adjectives in Old Norse. While certainly people were aware of the meanings of these words which continued being used in the ...
The meanings ascribed to the letters of the futhark are no more than mnemonics, similar to ”A’ for ‘apple’, ‘B’ for ‘banana”, etc. The rune poems do it, well, a bit better, a bit more memorably, with a little story for each letter. People had more time in those days. ...
‘glory’ in old Norse. Combined with Freya’s passion and the etymology of the name Brisingamen, several scholars deduce that the necklace had the ability to make the wearer of it undeniably desirable to all. In other words, the necklace had the power to enchant, seduce and render all ...
Therefore modern expositions of the original rune-names and rune-meanings are more or less daring reconstructions. There are several sources that allow us to speculate about the Common Germanic names of runes: [continue reading…] 0 comments Next Posts Previous Posts Site Navigation Anglo-Saxon ...
Heimdallr had a mixture of meanings, and some of them might have been “radiant,”“world,” or “eminent.” Altogether, his name might have meant something like “radiant world” or maybe even “the one who illuminates the world.”He also had three other names: ...
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