Forkunnar mikil jǫtunkona is moving me around her body to teach me Old Norse. "Ek var á lófa þínum. Nú em ek milli fingra þinna." "Ek stóð á læri gýgjar, en nú em ek í munni hennar, sit á tungu hennar." It makes me pay attention.
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Ferðamaðr studying Old Norse language, Scandi myth, runes, and reconstructing dýrð gýgja from reconstructed sources. ᚢᛁᛋ ᛁᚴᛁ ᛁᛚᛦ gygratru.neocities.org
Fý! You learn #OldNorse, you understand it's written in Younger Futhark and not Elder, but when you try to render it into runes … the orthography goes off and you're spelling something else almost entirely. I mean, I guess I should be excited there's always something new to learn, but svei.
Yesterday’s #Wordle: mikla (vb.): 67 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to be/become arrogant/conceited, to boast, to think highly of oneself] ‘comr avalt fyʀi frvmgiofin en retlet…’ (Prosper in AM 677 4°) onp.ku.dk/o54366
Giving up on FolkRealms again. It's just open-door to all faiths and beliefs. I thought it was Norse-focused, but that's not the impression that the flood of Americans (led there by Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen) had, turning it more broadly Pagan. And definitely no historical or linguistic interest.
What I believe changes with everything I learn. Where I thought I was going gets redirected, or else I learn the destination never existed. The only thing I can do is keep moving. #TýsdagsTrǫð (Tuesday travel) #OldNorse
The more I read, the more Gýgratrú falls apart, until I have no idea what the hell I'm spending my time on. This has been a very disruptive season. Have to wait until next year to see what remains standing, if anything.
Hutututu Old Norse interjection meaning 'so cold!' Still lives on in Norwegian "huttetu", which may have a slightly broader meaning. Not that I propose to read this inscription as "all this silver gives me the chills", or anything, but I'm just putting it out there.
Krister Vasshus@kristervasshus.bsky.social · 3w agoThe runic inscription on the newly discovered silver hoard from Rebild reads "hutu". Hutu hútu huntu huttu hudu húdu hundu huddu hytu hýtu hyntu hyttu hydu hýdu hyndu hyddu hotu hótu hontu hottu hodu hódu hondu hoddu høtu hœtu høntu høttu hødu hœdu høndu høddu hǫtu hǫntu hǫttu hǫdu hǫndu hǫddu
For #LaugardagsLæti (Saturday shenanigans), I'm grilling Reykjavik-style hot dogs for an art pop-up. I drove all over town for suitable ingredients, found an Icelandic beer, and just mixed up the remúlaði. Hoping the weather holds out—but I'll grill in a storm if I have to. #cooking #OldNorse
Protester claims to be holding up traffic.
MythologyBot@mythologybot.boodoo.co · last wk.K547.14 Trickster claims to be holding up sky.
I'm going to grill some Icelandic hot dogs for a little art pop-up in my neighborhood tomorrow. Drove out to IKEA for the appropriate mustard and fried onions; was lucky to find Einstök Arctic Lager at the local liquor store. I'll mix up the remoulade tonight and we'll be good to hook.
There are two #Norse #Eddas: The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda. In this #poem, @mathjones.bsky.social recasts the opening of the Gylfaginnung, a major section of the Prose Edda in #alliterative verse. Now nominated by Forgotten Ground Regained for Best of the Net. alliteration.net/poetry/the-o...
The Opening of the Gylfaginning, by Math Jones
... His name is All-Father, / but others he's had / in the tongue of the Old-yard, / twelve in number ...
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🎵I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua-a-a!🎵
MythologyBot@mythologybot.boodoo.co · 2w agoF547.5.5 Vagina as bag.
eintal (sb. n.): 28 cits, e.g. private/confidential conversation, conversation conducted in an exclusive/select circle ‘kongs son og Kollr woru ij einer saman wte…’ (Gibb in AM 585 c 4°) onp.ku.dk/o17201
“I can’t translate this word into English” means you can’t translate it into *one word* (e.g. you can express what “Schadenfreude” means in English). This is true of my favorite hard-to-translate word in Old Norse too: “troll,” not a species but a person/being with some elements of magic and menace.
Make a band edible: Fleetwood Mac & Cheese Rage Against the Poutine Hall & Oats Pho Fighters Blue Öyster Crackers
dgplacenames (now in Orkney)@dgplacenames.bsky.social · 2w agoMake a band edible: Yeast
Progress isn't the absence of missed days, failed attempts, or abandoned plans. It's what results when you stand up again in new conditions and move forward anyway. #FrjádagsFrami (Friday progress) #OldNorse
síðr (adj.): 53 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: long, hanging down] // langt nedhængende, lang ‘clæði afar sið’ (Sv in AM 327 4°) onp.ku.dk/o68269 #OldNorse
There has been lots of chatter about runes in the news recently. Recap what has been happening in the newsletter entry, ‘Runic News Round-Up!’ runebrevet.hypotheses.org/1166
Runic News Round-Up! September 2026
A September round-up of new finds of runic inscriptions in various news outlets, complete with links and short English summaries of the discoveries.
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The North Shore felt less like scenery and more like transition. The mists, basalt pillars, wind and waves carried a presence that moved me deeply. I was reluctant to leave because it awakened something in me that I couldn't release once I'd touched it. #ÓðinsdagsǪnd (Wednesday spirit) #OldNorse
I spent five days in Grand Marais, three of which were learning blacksmithing at North House Folk School. I made my own grilling implements—skewers, steak flipper, roasting fork, spatula—plus a copper ladle and spoon for my wife. No matter how tired I was, I came back to life at the forge.
For three days, this has been my altar. I've shaped cooking implements and my own body in this invocation. #TýsdagsTól (Tuesday tools and crafts) #OldNorse
NEW BOOK ALERT 🗣️🗣️🗣️🚨📢🎺 Releasing on the 15th of November this year, I am very happy to reveal the cover for something slightly different: a colouring book all about Norse mythology THE VIKING WORLD: A COLOURING BOOK, to be published via Amberley Publishing for £15.99 (or £14.39 via the below link)
Sounds like a key point in the Cadfael Chronicles.
MythologyBot@mythologybot.boodoo.co · 3w agoA1599.7 Why dagger must be always cleaned on the inside of the robe.
Packing up some clothes and supplies. Today I drive five hours north to North House Folk School, where I'll learn basic blacksmithing. When I come home I should have a set of grilling implements, made with my own hands. I'm extremely excited about this.
Some people go to the #MNStateFair to get acquainted with agriculture and animal husbandry, to see live shows and experience large trucks and farming equipment. I go there to eat. #TýsdagsTrǫð (Tuesday Bite) #OldNorse
TýsdagsTrǫð | Gýgratrú Blog
A review of everything I've had to eat at the MN State Fair.
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Settled down with a nice breakfast sandwich, a hot mocha, and a heapin' helpin' of cosmic injustice. Rereading "Sigurðarkviða in skamma" until my eyes were too teary to read. Really struggling with Urðr, Verðandi, Skuld, ǫrlǫg and hamingja. #OldNorse #MánadagsMœða (the honest Monday struggle)
On this intriguing subject a paper of mine states: "Old Norse cannot at the same time be both a thirteenth century descendant of a Viking Age Old West Nordic and the ancestor of Classic Old Swedish and Early Middle Danish, which are contemporaneous with it." www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) On the periodisation of early North Germanic (Article Postprint/AAM)
PDF | This postprint/AAM of an article in NOWELE welcomes the recent proposal of Michael Schulte (2024) for a periodisation of early North Germanic,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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Jackson Crawford@norsebysw.bsky.social · 4w ago“Old Norse” and “Old Icelandic” are partially overlapping labels that cause confusion out of context. “Old Norse” *can* mean any Scandinavian language between ca. 700-1380, but specifically the form of that which is best attested is Old Icelandic ca. 1250, so it’s usually that form you’ll see cited.