Glossaries

Throughout this series you will encounter words and terms that may be new to you, principally because most of the unfamiliar ones are Old Norse (the language of the Norwegian Vikings; abbreviated to ‘ON’ in the glossaries) or derived from Old Norse.  There are also a number of Old English (abbreviated to ‘OE’) place names which have since evolved into the different spellings by which we know those places today. Finally, there are some Latin (abbreviated to ‘L’ ) words thrown in, with many of them related to the monastic communities of the time.

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The glossaries will hopefully shed some light on them for you.

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[The title image above is a closeup of part of the rune inscription on the Swedish Rök stone, which was erected in the early 9th century by a man called Varin in honour of his dead son's memory. Photo credit: Miramari, iStock]

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B = Brythonic (British). L = Latin. OE = Old English  (Anglo-Saxon). ON = Old Norse. P = Persian.

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