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By Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi Languages evolve and change drastically over time. If you were to say street corn, nepo baby, or beach read — three terms recently added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary — to early English speakers, they’d likely think you were speaking a different language.  English borrows a lot of words from differentContinue reading “How Old Norse of the Vikings Influenced the English Language”

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By Andrew Paul Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with the remains of 15 individuals recovered from an archeological site decades ago in Västergötland County’s Skara municipality. In 2005, an excavationContinue reading “Viking mouths were a painful mess”

Words that are, shall we say, unconventionally spelled may unlock new secrets. by Brian Boucher The Galloway Hoard is one of the most significant—and mysterious—Viking-era treasures ever to emerge in Scotland. Discovered buried in 2014 in Balmaghie by retiree Derek McLennan using a metal detector, it now resides at the Kirkcudbright Galleries, named for the county in southwestContinue reading “Who Owned This Fabulous Hoard of Viking Treasure? A New Translation Offers a Clue”

The rare find has archaeologists excited for what more they could learn about their history. BY MICHAEL NATALE The remnants of a large late-Viking-age hall were recently uncovered by a volunteer archaeology group at a farm in Silloth, Cumbria. The load-bearing timber found there was carbon dated to approximately 990–1040 A.D. Discoveries like these areContinue reading “50 Volunteers Dug Up a Farm and Discovered an Ancient Viking Structure”