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Possibly from Old Norse krasa (="shatter") via Old French crasir [55] creek kriki ("corner, nook") through ME creke ("narrow inlet in a coastline") altered from kryk perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman crique itself from a Scandinavian source via Norman-French [56] crochet from Old Norse krokr "hook" via French crochet "small hook; canine tooth ...
List of rivers of Norway. The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: Glomma, 600 km (373 mi) Pasvikelva and Ivalo, 360 km (224 mi) (109 km in Norway) Numedalslågen, 352 km (219 mi) Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, 351 km (218 mi) Tana, 348 km (216 mi)
Norse demons (2 P) T. Trolls (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The Norns (1889) by Johannes Gehrts. The Norns ( Old Norse: norn [ˈnorn], plural: nornir [ˈnornɪr]) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [ 1] In the Völuspá, the three primary Norns Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi, and Skuld draw water from their sacred well to nourish the tree at the center of the ...
Old Norse. Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in the Old Norse language, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end of the 13th century. Old Norse poetry is associated with the area now referred to as Scandinavia. Much Old Norse poetry was originally preserved in oral culture, but the Old Norse ...
The English word '"wraith" is derived from vǫrðr, while "ward" and "warden" are cognates . At times, the warden could reveal itself as a small light or as the shape ( hamr) of the person. The perception of another person's warden could cause a physical sensation such as an itching hand or nose, as a foreboding or an apparition.
Old Norse, Old Nordic, [ 1] or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the ...
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi. Folklore is a concept encompassing expressive traditions of a particular culture or group.