Krister Vasshus

@kristervasshus.bsky.social

Interdisciplinary scholar of (North) Germanic languages, runes, archaeology, religion, biology and cultural history. Currently working as disseminator at Sagnlandet Lejre, and freelancing research. Environmentalist. He, him, jotun.

When did we get kings in Northern Europe? Most of the time I see discussions on this topic, the age of migration is in the center. In a way I can understand why. This is when early written records and oral traditions that later ends up in writing about kingship shows up. I think this can't....

Maula. A Norwegian verb meaning something like 'eating something so nice that it would almost be more appropriate to eat it together with something, but you just eat it on its own'. The verb is derrived from a noun meaning 'mouth'. It is what I did to these wild strawberreies.

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Last week a few scholars gathered for an epigraphic workshop, where we tried a few techniques of making various inscriptions. Runes, minuscles, wood, chalk, wax, cake, tea. Trying the processes ourselves already gave us some valuable insights to why inscriptions look the way they do.

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The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026

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5) Fi Oulu - Sw Uleåborg The name is not originally Swedish but the first relevant attestation is. In 1328 the lake Oulunjärvi (100km upstream by Oulunjoki river) was referred to as ”Wlvthræsk” (today Sw. ”Ule träsk”). The Finnish name is of obscure origin and so is the first vowel in Swedish Ule- 👇🏻

Johan Schalin@schaljoh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

4) Fi Vantaa -Sw Vanda This municipality, where 1/5 of the population in the Helsinki metropolitan area lives, continues what is left of the Helsinge parish after land grabs by Helsinki. The names were adopted recently, when the municipality got urban legal status in 1972, but their roots are old.

6) Fi Turku (or Suomen Turku) - Sw Åbo The oldest city in Finland and the centre of the Province of Finland ’Proper’. whose name got robbed by the whole country. The name Åbo is attested from the 13th century and the first attestation of ”Suomen turus” is from the 16th. ”turku” means ’market place’👇🏻

Johan Schalin@schaljoh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

5) Fi Oulu - Sw Uleåborg The name is not originally Swedish but the first relevant attestation is. In 1328 the lake Oulunjärvi (100km upstream by Oulunjoki river) was referred to as ”Wlvthræsk” (today Sw. ”Ule träsk”). The Finnish name is of obscure origin and so is the first vowel in Swedish Ule- 👇🏻

Er det nokon av dykk som trur at t.d. "vel" eller "jo/ju" er *naudsynleg* for å bestemma spesielle tydingar av eit assosiert ord? For eksempel eit verb der å seia "eg har Xt" tyder noko forskjelleg frå "eg har jo Xt," i alle fall i ein munnleg samanheng?

Interested in runes, Old Norse or medieval Latin? The ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia (EpiCentres) is hiring! We are looking for two postdocs and one PhD fellow for 3 years For more info, including how to apply, scroll this thread.

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