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Exercise: A Debate about Beowulf and Grettis SagaA class exercise involving a debate about whether Beowulf's fight with Grendel has an analogue in Grettir's fight with Glamr
Examples of Horn working at Jorvik: Home and Abroad ExhibitionA display demonstrating some of the objects made from horn in York during the Viking Age, including spoons, jewellery and drinking horns. Part of the…
Event: Fêtes de Guillaume le Conquérant (Festival of William the Conqueror) 2016This festival in the towns of Cabourg, Dives-sur-mer and Houlgate in Normandy celebrates 950 years since the Norman Conquest, as well as the Norse…
Event: 'Times and Epochs - 2016' ReportA report on the Viking reenactment event 'Times & Epochs 2016'
Essay: Viking reenactment in NorwayA discussion of Viking re-enactment.
Original text in Norwegian by June-Marita Hagen of Trondheim Vikinglag.
Translation by Roderick Dale, UCC
Essay Questions from the Course 'Poetry of the Vikings' (Old Norse Poetry in Translation)Extended essay questions from the seminar course 'Poetry of the Vikings' (Old Norse poetry in translation) which ran in 2013/2014 at University…
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purposeA wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et…
Erfidrápa Óláfs helga (‘Memorial drápa for Óláfr inn helgi (S. Óláfr)’)This memorial poem for St Olaf was composed by Sigvatr Þórðarson. The hyperlink takes you to the Skaldic Poetry project where the text is available in…
Entrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank Århus DenmarkEntrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank, Århus, Denmark. 'Aros In The Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site of original town…
Entrance to Kongernes Jelling (Royal Jelling) Experience CentreThe entrance to the new Kongernes Jelling Experience Centre in Jelling, Denmark. According to the website "The visitor and experience center at…
Entertainment ExhibitPDF file of the exhibit page Entertainment
English to Old Norse DictionaryDictionary for translating from English to Old Norse.
Arthur, Ross G., 2002 'English-Old Norse Dictionary' (Cambridge, Ontario: In parentheses…
Enamelled copper-alloy hook for a bowl on display in the National Museum of IrelandCopper alloy hook for a bowl, enamelled, from Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Viking Age. Irish Manufacture - one of three original hooks. 1941: 1157
Emblem of the 440th Airlift Wing of the US AirforceThe emblem of the 440th Airlift Wing of the US Airforce contains a "winged viking helmet" in its design.
Elysian Elixirs E-Cigarettes featuring 'Norse God' flavoursElysian Elixirs E-Cigarettes brand their different flavours on gods, including Baldr and Mjolnir photographed in Weymouth, and Skadi on the website…
Elaborate sixth-century buckle in the Historisk museum, OsloBuckle from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo
Eirik the Red's House ReconstructedA photograph of the reconstructed Viking longhouse at Brattahlid (Norse Brattahlíð) in Greenland.
Einstök Icelandic ales with Viking brandingAles produced by Einstök ölgerð, and featuring a viking with beard and horned helmet on the label (the Einstök logo).
Egdehirden at Bronseplassen viking market 2014A performance event at the Bronseplassen Viking Market in 2014
Educational Resource: Skaldic Poetry: A Short IntroductionA useful introductory essay on Skaldic Poetry by Dr Debbie Potts, produced as part of the 'Modern Poets on Viking Poetry' Project and hosted by ASNC…