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Judith Jesch

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Retired professor of Viking Studies, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney coming out in November: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See also https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands and @RagnasIslands.bsky.social .. more

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Judith Jesch is a British scholar of Old Norse language and literature, runology, and the Viking Age. She was Professor of Viking Age Studies at the University of Nottingham until 2025. Jesch is chair of the international Runic Advisory Group and president of the English Place-Name Society. .. more

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 15h

Just showing off. Solan goose in the Papay Sound.

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Peter Ellis @almostconverge.kozterulethasznalatienge.day · 15h

as many journalists are frantically googling "lászló krasznahorkai" today, i can't stop giggling

because what i know and google doean't is that there's another guy with the same quite rare name: a lad who writes not-really-nobel-worthy lyrics for various hungarian goth bands

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 16h

Maples. Harlow Carr garden, Yorkshire.

Large flower beds with maples in yellow, gold, orange and burgundy. Evergreen behind.

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 1d

The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde has to shore up its windows in the autumn to protect the ships against winter storms and flooding. So they're building a new museum building www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/nytmuseum 2/2

A viking ship in the Vikingskibsmuseet, #Roskilde, with wooden supports shoring up the window which looks out onto the harbour.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 1d

L: Sea-Stallion and Cathedral; R: the Sea-Stallion's original, Skuldelev 2, in the Viking Ship Museum, #Roskilde. 1/2

The Sea-Stallion, a reconstruction of the 11th-century Skuldelev 2 viking ship

Fragments of what was an 11th-century viking ship, Skuldelev 2, at the Vikingeskibsmuseet, #Roskilde

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 2d

South wick in light, the North end in shadow. A fine October day in Papay, with the sea showing true colours.
Also note our new boat naust seating area at The Kelp Store, constructed by our master builders Alistair Hourston and Son.

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 2d

Our NorseMap website is now live! Go check it out: www.ucc.ie/en/norsemap

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 2d

What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 3d

Vi har en ledig stilling som forsker i #runologi for en periode på 12 måneder ved Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO. Stillingen er en del av infrastrukturprosjektet NORCHRON: Norwegian diachronic corpus 200–1814, finansiert av Norges forskningsråd. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 3d

Those interested are welcome to contact me with inquiries regarding the position.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoy!

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 5d

Norwegian wins Golden Spurtle, world porridge championship in Scotland www.nrk.no/sorlandet/sv...

Sven Seljom elsker havregrøt så mye at han drar til Skottland for å delta i VM

Sven Seljom (57) tok med seg norsk vann og havre til Skottland. Det skulle vise seg å bli VMs gulloppskrift.

www.nrk.no

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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d

ON hross n. 'horse' also occurs in the following #NorthernIsles #PlaceNames: Ross Geo & Russiger (with gjá f. 'Inlet, coastal gully' & garðr 'enclosure') in #Papay, and, Ruskilie (perhaps with hlíð f. 'slope, hillside') in #FairIsle

Colour photo of Ross Geo in Papay. A rocky inlet below a grass slope.

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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d

The Henry Moore of fungi...? Misshapen Giant Puffball (Calvatea gigantea) for #UKfungusday today! @britmycolsoc.org.uk

A large white mushroom that looks like it is made up of three conjoined spheres.

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d

Some lucky person in Stavanger is going to get to move in here, perhaps with a cat or cats!

Lars S. Sørensen @handansken.bsky.social · 6d

Nu er det offentligt. Køb vores gamle lejlighed!!
www.finn.no/realestate/h...

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d

I have to confess I drink ale but don't know how it is made 🍺

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d

I guess 'hrosti' perhaps means 'mash' rather than 'malt'?

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d

And it's 'surf of malt' here: skaldic.org/m.php?p=vers...

Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 1

Edition of stanza: Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 1

skaldic.org

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d

Merryn, I've followed you for years, so I know! You might like this little stanza about Earl Þorfinnr's drinking of 'the swamp of malt' (a kenning for 'ale') all winter! The normal ON word is 'malt', but here the poet uses a poetic word 'hrosti' (cf. Norwegian 'roste') skaldic.org/m.php?p=vers...

Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 2

Edition of stanza: Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 2

skaldic.org

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Lars S. Sørensen @handansken.bsky.social · 6d

Nu er det offentligt. Køb vores gamle lejlighed!!
www.finn.no/realestate/h...

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Shetland and Orkney Island-Names – A Dynamic Group

PDF | On Oct 1, 2010, Peder Gammeltoft published Shetland and Orkney Island-Names – A Dynamic Group | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d

The largest island in #Orkney, Mainland, is called Hrossey in two sagas. Such names with animal specifics are commonly of quite small islands. Gammeltoft suggested that 'an original Pictish element, e.g. *ros „moor, plain‟ might hide itself behind the specific', reinterpreted by Norse speakers.

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: hross (sb. n.): 83 cits, e.g. (horse as working animal/item of value/trade commodity) horse, riding horse, draught horse // (hest som brugsdyr/værdigenstand/handelsvare) hest, ridehest, transporthest ‘ha̋lft fimmta hundrad j hrossum’ (DI in AM 263 fol) onp.ku.dk/o37049

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7d

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 7d

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...

www.hsozkult.de

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 7d

Paul Binding on a new look at the unappealing figures of Nordic folklore

Sympathy for the troll

www.the-tls.com

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d

Love these things. @eblueaxe.bsky.social made us one some years ago emidsvikings.ac.uk/items/reprod...

Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d

#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet

Glass tafl gaming pieces, with a larger 'king' piece.

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d

#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet

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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 8d

Two #Orkney #PlaceNames Knarston (Scapa Bay & Harray) may contain ON knǫrr m. a type of ship, specifically a ‘large Nordic merchant & warship’ (ONP) compounding with either staðr m. farm-settlement/dwelling’ or stǫð f. 'landing-place, jetty’. Find out more: open.substack.com/pub/uonengli...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 8d

We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

The British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a signi...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 8d

You look a bit like a Hammershøi painting...