Old Norse and the English Language. In the late 700s, Norse raiders - the Vikings - invaded the British Isles, and as one ...

From Marvel's Thor to Game of Thrones and Neil Gaiman, Norse legends have influenced culture and current ideas, according to a new book. The US writer Mark Twain famously wrote: "There is no such ...

Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior* or Norse tradesman, equipped with his sword, shield and ax, took ship with his companions, set sail westward across the ...

Carolyne Larrington has recently published The Old Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think with Thames and Hudson. As professor of medieval European literature, I have been exploring Old Norse ...