Yesterday’s #Wordle: hǿgja (vb.): 43 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to care for (someone), to make it convenient (for someone), to favor (someone)] ‘Síðan var þeim búin hœg hvíla ok hœgt þeim í ǫllu, sem mátti’ (Knýtl in Jón Ólafsson 1741) onp.ku.dk/o39119 #OldNorse
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: hǿgja (vb.): 43 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to care for (someone), to make it convenient (for someone), to favor (someone)] ‘Síðan var þeim búin hœg hvíla ok hœgt þeim í ǫllu, sem mátti’ (Knýtl in Jón Ólafsson 1741) onp.ku.dk/o39119 #OldNorse
‘He got off scotch-free’ – journalist from the States on telly.😳
The correct phrase, ‘scot free’, is from #OldNorse skot (payment or tax).
#Etymology
The correct phrase, ‘scot free’, is from #OldNorse skot (payment or tax).
#Etymology
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
‘He got off scotch-free’ – journalist from the States on telly.😳
The correct phrase, ‘scot free’, is from #OldNorse skot (payment or tax).
#Etymology
The correct phrase, ‘scot free’, is from #OldNorse skot (payment or tax).
#Etymology
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bleza (vb.): 252 cits, e.g. be blessed // velsignes ‘Svaero oc. hivscaper goþer. þeir es helgasc af gvþe. oc blezasc af keɴimonnom. oc haldasc at gvþs løgom’ (Mth in AM 645 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9124 #OldNorse
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bleza (vb.): 252 cits, e.g. be blessed // velsignes ‘Svaero oc. hivscaper goþer. þeir es helgasc af gvþe. oc blezasc af keɴimonnom. oc haldasc at gvþs løgom’ (Mth in AM 645 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9124 #OldNorse
Tonight's #OldNorse lesson is nothing more than me struggling with nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.
Nom, acc, and gen are pretty obvious, but there's a specific grammatical pattern in which I mistake accusative for dative: prepositions. "onto the cliff" ≠ "on the cliff" #grammar
Nom, acc, and gen are pretty obvious, but there's a specific grammatical pattern in which I mistake accusative for dative: prepositions. "onto the cliff" ≠ "on the cliff" #grammar
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is why fascism is incompatible with #frith. Frith protects and benefits everyone in the community, everyone feels safe, the most vulnerable are cared for.
The result of breaking frith is not guilt but shame—the shame of one's wretched nature exposed to others. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
The result of breaking frith is not guilt but shame—the shame of one's wretched nature exposed to others. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This is why fascism is incompatible with #frith. Frith protects and benefits everyone in the community, everyone feels safe, the most vulnerable are cared for.
The result of breaking frith is not guilt but shame—the shame of one's wretched nature exposed to others. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
The result of breaking frith is not guilt but shame—the shame of one's wretched nature exposed to others. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
"Bölvaða ICE" was the closest I could get to "fuck ICE," and I rendered that as ᛒᛟᛚᚹᚨᛞᚨ ᛁᚲᛖ.
The sounds of ᛁᚲᛖ relied on the words of the acronym ICE, going with /k/ and not /s/ for the C in "Customs."
Would it have been better to use ᚦ for ð (TH or D)? #OldNorse #runes #ElderFuthark #fuþark
The sounds of ᛁᚲᛖ relied on the words of the acronym ICE, going with /k/ and not /s/ for the C in "Customs."
Would it have been better to use ᚦ for ð (TH or D)? #OldNorse #runes #ElderFuthark #fuþark
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"Bölvaða ICE" was the closest I could get to "fuck ICE," and I rendered that as ᛒᛟᛚᚹᚨᛞᚨ ᛁᚲᛖ.
The sounds of ᛁᚲᛖ relied on the words of the acronym ICE, going with /k/ and not /s/ for the C in "Customs."
Would it have been better to use ᚦ for ð (TH or D)? #OldNorse #runes #ElderFuthark #fuþark
The sounds of ᛁᚲᛖ relied on the words of the acronym ICE, going with /k/ and not /s/ for the C in "Customs."
Would it have been better to use ᚦ for ð (TH or D)? #OldNorse #runes #ElderFuthark #fuþark
gjarnan (adv.): 44 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: gladly, with pleasure] // gerne, med glæde ‘Giarnnann vil eg fyrer gvdz skylld flythia þig heim’ (Barl in Holm perg 3 fol) onp.ku.dk/o27255 #OldNorse
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
gjarnan (adv.): 44 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: gladly, with pleasure] // gerne, med glæde ‘Giarnnann vil eg fyrer gvdz skylld flythia þig heim’ (Barl in Holm perg 3 fol) onp.ku.dk/o27255 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: roðna (vb.): 42 cits, e.g. // ‘þessi ero daudlig mork i mannligu edle, ef rodnar enni, enn brynn falla’ (Med in AM 194 8°) onp.ku.dk/o65266 #OldNorse
February 10, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: roðna (vb.): 42 cits, e.g. // ‘þessi ero daudlig mork i mannligu edle, ef rodnar enni, enn brynn falla’ (Med in AM 194 8°) onp.ku.dk/o65266 #OldNorse
dumbi (adj.): 11 cits, e.g. dumb, speechless // stum, målløs ‘Einn þeira fek syn sina ... er sionlauss hafdi þangat komit; en annarr mal sitt, sa er þangat hafdi dumbi komit’ (ÓH in AM 235 fol) onp.ku.dk/o15675 #OldNorse
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
dumbi (adj.): 11 cits, e.g. dumb, speechless // stum, målløs ‘Einn þeira fek syn sina ... er sionlauss hafdi þangat komit; en annarr mal sitt, sa er þangat hafdi dumbi komit’ (ÓH in AM 235 fol) onp.ku.dk/o15675 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: falla (vb.): 1687 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to be exposed to (something), to encounter (something), to end up in (something), to commit (something)] ‘Litlu hier efter fiell þesse madur i stränga sött’ (Æv in JS 43 4°) onp.ku.dk/o19195 #OldNorse
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: falla (vb.): 1687 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to be exposed to (something), to encounter (something), to end up in (something), to commit (something)] ‘Litlu hier efter fiell þesse madur i stränga sött’ (Æv in JS 43 4°) onp.ku.dk/o19195 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: háttr (sb. m.): 543 cits, e.g. way, way of being, demeanur, nature, condition, type, kind // måde, væremåde, gøren og laden, beskaffenhed, tilstand, art, slags ‘feʀ at slicom hę́tte of alla monoþr’ (Enc in GKS 1812 4°) onp.ku.dk/o31947 #OldNorse
February 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: háttr (sb. m.): 543 cits, e.g. way, way of being, demeanur, nature, condition, type, kind // måde, væremåde, gøren og laden, beskaffenhed, tilstand, art, slags ‘feʀ at slicom hę́tte of alla monoþr’ (Enc in GKS 1812 4°) onp.ku.dk/o31947 #OldNorse
daprligr (adj.): 16 cits, e.g. doleful, bleak, miserable // trist, bedrøvelig, miserabel ‘Harekr var heima ok fꜳ̋tt manna ꜳ̋ bænum. þotti honum ⸢daufligt [V: daprlígt]’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14004 #OldNorse
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
daprligr (adj.): 16 cits, e.g. doleful, bleak, miserable // trist, bedrøvelig, miserabel ‘Harekr var heima ok fꜳ̋tt manna ꜳ̋ bænum. þotti honum ⸢daufligt [V: daprlígt]’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14004 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: atvik (sb. n.): 71 cits, e.g. compliance, concession // imødekommenhed, indrømmelse ‘Þat líkar mér ... ef þér sýnit honum svá mikit atvik fyrir manna mun, at hann eigniz einn lítinn flekk í jörðinni’ (Æv in AM 657 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o5634 #OldNorse
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: atvik (sb. n.): 71 cits, e.g. compliance, concession // imødekommenhed, indrømmelse ‘Þat líkar mér ... ef þér sýnit honum svá mikit atvik fyrir manna mun, at hann eigniz einn lítinn flekk í jörðinni’ (Æv in AM 657 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o5634 #OldNorse
Eyy, it's #BandcampFriday! 100% of the proceeds go to the artist! Today I picked up Ak Hovu, mouseonthekeys, Myrkur, Keikouto (or maybe Tsukimachi?), and of course Danheim. #OldNorse #Heathensky
Remember, #NeverSpotify: 5000 streams earns as much as the purchase of one album on @bandcamp.com .
Remember, #NeverSpotify: 5000 streams earns as much as the purchase of one album on @bandcamp.com .
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Eyy, it's #BandcampFriday! 100% of the proceeds go to the artist! Today I picked up Ak Hovu, mouseonthekeys, Myrkur, Keikouto (or maybe Tsukimachi?), and of course Danheim. #OldNorse #Heathensky
Remember, #NeverSpotify: 5000 streams earns as much as the purchase of one album on @bandcamp.com .
Remember, #NeverSpotify: 5000 streams earns as much as the purchase of one album on @bandcamp.com .
#Troth builds #frith. A promise kept strengthens the bonds between land, family and ancestors, and the gods. Troth builds the steady ground for when we don't know where we're going.
A broken promise frays the web of a society, and what follows is not guilt (personal) but shame (communal). #OldNorse
A broken promise frays the web of a society, and what follows is not guilt (personal) but shame (communal). #OldNorse
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
efna (vb.): 70 cits, e.g. make preparations for, make provision for, set about (doing sth.), establish, set up, found, build ‘let (N: hann) gera iarðborg. oc er þat nu callað Sarpsborg. oc æmnaðe þar til kaupstaðar’ (Fsk in OsloUB 371 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16400 #OldNorse
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
efna (vb.): 70 cits, e.g. make preparations for, make provision for, set about (doing sth.), establish, set up, found, build ‘let (N: hann) gera iarðborg. oc er þat nu callað Sarpsborg. oc æmnaðe þar til kaupstaðar’ (Fsk in OsloUB 371 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16400 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: telja (vb.): 674 cits, e.g. // ‘⸢talt [V: talat]’ (Kirj in AM 489 4°) onp.ku.dk/o79269 #OldNorse
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: telja (vb.): 674 cits, e.g. // ‘⸢talt [V: talat]’ (Kirj in AM 489 4°) onp.ku.dk/o79269 #OldNorse
It's interesting that the Bible starts with a flood, which is God wiping out the gigantic Nephilim (erasing His mistakes), and #OldNorse does too: the blood of slain Ymir drowning the first generation of hrímþursar, the brutal and deformed frost-giants.
In both, a man and a woman survive in an ark.
In both, a man and a woman survive in an ark.
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
It's interesting that the Bible starts with a flood, which is God wiping out the gigantic Nephilim (erasing His mistakes), and #OldNorse does too: the blood of slain Ymir drowning the first generation of hrímþursar, the brutal and deformed frost-giants.
In both, a man and a woman survive in an ark.
In both, a man and a woman survive in an ark.
hversu (adv.): 691 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (by adj./adv.) where, to what extent] // (ved adj./adv.) hvor, i hvilken grad ‘Hversu margir skyldu vér fara?’ (Nj in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o38559 #OldNorse
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
hversu (adv.): 691 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (by adj./adv.) where, to what extent] // (ved adj./adv.) hvor, i hvilken grad ‘Hversu margir skyldu vér fara?’ (Nj in AM 132 fol) onp.ku.dk/o38559 #OldNorse
duft (sb. f.): 5 cits, e.g. (I) powder, mixture // (I) pulver, mikstur ‘Tak kymunum, etr ok lavaber ... ok innyfri ok gnu allt saman ok dreif igegnum lerept ... ok dupt þa leɢ i augad, þat mun gre᷎da ifalaust’ (Med in AM 194 8°) onp.ku.dk/o93368 #OldNorse
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
duft (sb. f.): 5 cits, e.g. (I) powder, mixture // (I) pulver, mikstur ‘Tak kymunum, etr ok lavaber ... ok innyfri ok gnu allt saman ok dreif igegnum lerept ... ok dupt þa leɢ i augad, þat mun gre᷎da ifalaust’ (Med in AM 194 8°) onp.ku.dk/o93368 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: svíða (vb.): 47 cits, e.g. // ‘oc ver aller sviðnir oc brennder flíugannde fianndr. oc myrkra meistarar’ (Barl in Holm perg 6 fol) onp.ku.dk/o77683 #OldNorse
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: svíða (vb.): 47 cits, e.g. // ‘oc ver aller sviðnir oc brennder flíugannde fianndr. oc myrkra meistarar’ (Barl in Holm perg 6 fol) onp.ku.dk/o77683 #OldNorse
blása (vb.): 338 cits, e.g. blow/play (a wind instrument), play (an instrument), sound a trumpet as a signal (of sth.), summon (sby/sth.) (to sth. (etc.)) ‘litlv siðaʀʀ líet Erlingr blasa til styrimanna stefnv’ (Hulda in AM 66 fol) onp.ku.dk/o8972 #OldNorse
February 3, 2026 at 9:07 AM
blása (vb.): 338 cits, e.g. blow/play (a wind instrument), play (an instrument), sound a trumpet as a signal (of sth.), summon (sby/sth.) (to sth. (etc.)) ‘litlv siðaʀʀ líet Erlingr blasa til styrimanna stefnv’ (Hulda in AM 66 fol) onp.ku.dk/o8972 #OldNorse
One reassuring aspect to learning #OldNorse is that absolutely nobody can agree on how it's pronounced, because we have absolutely no idea. People argue over æ, á, ei, ø until the aurochs come home, but they're projecting guesses based on modern use and linguistic drift. No one knows.
February 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
One reassuring aspect to learning #OldNorse is that absolutely nobody can agree on how it's pronounced, because we have absolutely no idea. People argue over æ, á, ei, ø until the aurochs come home, but they're projecting guesses based on modern use and linguistic drift. No one knows.
Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM