Old Norse morphology — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects … Wikipedia
Walküre — Walkürenritt, gemalt von Johan Gustaf Sandberg … Deutsch Wikipedia
Walküren — Walkürenritt, gemalt von Johan Gustaf Sandberg Die Nachtwache der Walküre, gemalt von Edward Robert Hughes … Deutsch Wikipedia
kiesen — kiesen(durch wählen (Wahl) ersetzt) Vst. erw. obs. (8. Jh.), mhd. kiesen, ahd. kiosan, as. kiosan Stammwort. Aus g. * keus a Vst. erproben, wählen , auch in gt. kiusan, anord. kjósa, ae. cēosan, afr. kiāsa, ziāsa. Hierzu als Partizip Präteritum… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Norns — For other uses, see Norns (disambiguation). Norn redirects here. For the North Germanic language of Orkney, see Norn language. Norse mythology, Sjódreygil and the Norns Faroese stamps 2006 … Wikipedia
Valkyrie — In Norse mythology the valkyries (Old Norse Valkyrja Choosers of the Slain ) are dísir , minor female deities, who served Odin. The valkyries purpose was to determine the victors of battles and wars, and to choose the most heroic of those who had … Wikipedia
Göndul — is a valkyrie in Norse mythology. She is attested in Hákonarmál , Völuspá and in Darraðarljóð . She also appears in Sörla þáttr , where she is very likely Freyja. Völuspá From Völuspá :: Sá hon valkyrjur : vítt um komnar : görvar at ríða : til… … Wikipedia
House of Keys — The House of Keys ( gv. Kiare as Feed) is the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council. The oldest reference to the name known is in a document of 1417, written by … Wikipedia
Dyggvi — In Norse mythology, Dyggvi or Dyggve (Old Norse Useful, Effective [1]) was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Dyggvi died and became the husband of Hel, Loki s daughter. Dyggvi was succeeded by his son Dag the Wise. Contents 1 Attestations… … Wikipedia
Gunnr — or Guðr is a valkyrie in Norse mythology. Her name means battle and is cognate with the English word gun . No individual characteristics of Gunnr are attested and she does not appear as a character in any surviving myth.Rök StoneThe earliest… … Wikipedia
History of the Icelandic language — The history of the Icelandic language began in the 9th century with the settlement of Iceland when settlers, who mostly came from Norway, brought a dialect of Old Norse to the island.The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written around… … Wikipedia