Comments for Old Norse News

Comment on Norse and Newsworthy by Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:45:31 +0000

Hey David! No, got to admit I couldn’t really understand anything without the subtitles, though I gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed they were just talking with a heavy accent. I was put off a lot more by the headbanging to bother with the quality of their ON!

Just out of curiosity, where did you see it? I didn’t know this was shown anywhere else!

Comment on Scandinavica seeks Medieval Submissions by Rikke Malmros

Rikke Malmros — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:17:10 +0000

Scandinavica.

I am soon going to publish a book in Danish with the title:
Vikingernes syn på militær og samfund
Belyst gennem skjaldenes fyrstedigtning.
Aarhus University Press.

The book starts with a new article on how the idea of Old-Norse democracy has shaped modern Danish political ideas. Then follow four older articles on the ideology of the court-skalds (who were very autocratic indeed). I am a historian and “know but little Old Norse” but have been relatively well received by filologists.

Would it be a kind of book you would consider to review? In that case I could ask the publisher to send you a copy.

Yours sincerely

Rikke Malmros. (ph.d. in spe)

Comment on PhD Studentships in Aberdeen by Tom

Tom — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:00 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Comment on PhD Studentships in Aberdeen by Ilya Sverdlov

Ilya Sverdlov — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:22:26 +0000

Sounds cool (no less than 8 PhDs, wow). If only they were offering post-doc positions too…

Comment on Survey: Where’d you learn Old Norse that way? by M. Eule

M. Eule — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:01:22 +0000

in Zürich we use Nedoma’s Kleine Grammatik des Altisländischen, but only to look up things, we have a small handout from our Professor as well.

Comment on Viking Society Student Conference 2010 by Chris Abram

Chris Abram — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:13:53 +0000

Just in case any Facebook users are interested, the Viking Society now has its own page on there: The Viking Society on Facebook

Comment on Peter Foote by Tom

Tom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:25:58 +0000

This is truly sad.

I was hoping to meet the man one day. His work has been crucial in my own. He paved the path and made it easier to walk for subsequent English scholars.

Comment on Odin at Lejre? by Gandelfar

Gandelfar — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:18:56 +0000

ITs LOKI.Loki was a HE/SHE And maskaraded as the other Gods and animals,The christens stole Loki AS Lucifer to discredit the old history.They never had an original Thought.

Comment on Odin at Lejre? by Terry

Terry — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:05:08 +0000

Mrs Odin?ie Frigg,queen of the Aesir,or Heimdall keeping watch for Odin on his throne?Harald fairhair after the barbers when he became overlord of Norway?
Odin himself?Or another theory one side ugly ,madame Hel in Niflheim?

Comment on Survey: Where’d you learn Old Norse that way? by Paul Langeslag

Paul Langeslag — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:16:47 +0000

Hey wow Kendra, many thanks for the detailed discussion.

As someone who teaches from Valfells and Cathey, how do you rate the work in terms of accuracy (of both grammatical description and applied grammaticality)? I really liked the book when I first took up Old Norse, and I would certainly teach from it if the opportunity arose, but I have never yet sat down to evaluate its reliability. What worries me is that I have worked with Cathey’s volumes on Old Saxon, which are decidedly substandard.