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1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction: Rocks and Rhymes; The Karlevi stone; Runic inscriptions, skaldic verse and the late Viking Age; Literacy and orality; The runic corpus; The skaldic corpus; Verse in prose contexts; Reconstructing viking verse; The manuscript transmission; Viking verse as a historical source; Semantic study of skaldic verse and runic inscriptions; Skaldic vocabulary in context; Runes and semantics; Comparative angles; Sources and conventions; Ships and men in the late Viking Age; 2 Viking Activities; Vikings; víkingr; víking |
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Death and war'He died'; Battles and raids; The fall of warriors; Trade; Pilgrimage; 3 Viking Destinations; 'East' and 'west'; The western route; 'West'; England; Britain and Ireland; Further west; The European continent and further south; Saxony and Frisia; Brittany and points south; Normandy and southern Italy; Africa; The eastern route; 'East'; The Baltic area; Russia; Byzantium and Jerusalem; Ingvarr's expedition; Serkland; Scandinavia; Hedeby; Denmark to Sweden; Two more towns; 4 Ships and Sailing; Words for 'ship'; skip; skeið; skeið; dreki; knorr; Oak and pine; Miscellaneous words |
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Attack and defenceVictory and booty; Not like leeks and ale; 6 Group and Ethos in War and Trade; The group and its vocabulary; drengr; félagi; heimþegi; húskarl; gildi; The ideology of battle; 'He fled not'; 'He fed eagles, ravens and wolves'; The symbolism of battle: ravens and banners; Murder and betrayal; Kinds of Killing; Treachery; Loyalty; Treachery and politics; 7 Epilogue: Kings and Ships; From vikings to kings; From vikings to kings; After the Viking Age; Conclusion; WORKS CITED; APPENDIX I: THE RUNIC CORPUS; APPENDIX II: THE SKALDIC CORPUS; INDEX OF WORDS AND NAMES; GENERAL INDEX |
| Summary |
Names of ships; The ship and its parts; The hull; The stems; Inside the hull; Rudders, oars and shields; Masts, sails and rigging; In harbour and on land; The vocabulary of sailing; Description and metaphor; Preparing and launching; The ship in the sea; Shipwreck and landing; 5 The Crew, the Fleet and Battles at Sea; Manning a ship; The owner; The captain; The crew; The fleet and the troop; lið; Compounds with -lið; floti; leiðangr; The troop; Units of the fleet; Summary; Battles at sea; Maritime warfare; Place and time; Preliminaries to battle; Bringing the ships together |
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The Vikings were the master mariners and ship-builders of the middle ages: their success depended on these skills. The nautical vocabulary of the Viking Age, however, has been surprisingly neglected. This book is the first systematic and comparative study of the contemporary evidence of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse documenting men's use of ships in the late Viking Age. The vocabulary is studied within the larger context of 'viking' activity in this period, and casts light on what that activity was, where it took place and its impact on developments in the Scandinavian kingship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Inscriptions, Runic.
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Viking ships.
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Sailing -- Terminology.
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Boats and boating -- Terminology
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Old Norse language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
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Old Norse poetry -- History and criticism
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Scalds and scaldic poetry -- History and criticism
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TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- History.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Naval.
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Boats and boating.
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Inscriptions, Runic.
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Old Norse language.
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Old Norse poetry.
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Sailing.
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Scalds and scaldic poetry.
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Viking ships.
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Runenschrift.
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Skaldenpoëzie.
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Scheepvaart.
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Terminologie.
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Oudnoords.
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Oudzweeds.
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Inscriptions, Runic
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Terminology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846151538 |
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1846151538 |
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