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The Vikings of Bjornstad

Viking Reference
The Vikings of Bjornstad is a living history and educational group, concentrating on the Viking era, usually defined to be from 793 AD to 1066 AD. Our goal is to represent the Viking Age accurately and authentically. Our research occasionally results in information we've found useful, but isn't as easily found or used as we'd like. We've developed the following pages to make that information available to anyone who's also interested in the Vikings, their culture and their time in history.

The pages provided below provide Viking culture reference information for re-enactors and amateur historians.

Viking Timeline, putting the events of the Viking Age in context

Old Norse Dictionary, providing both Old Norse to English and English to Old Norse versions

Viking Runes, displaying the most frequently used runes in the Viking Age, with a tool for transliterating to and from English

Norse Mythology, providing brief descriptions of the most commonly referenced gods, people, places and things found in Norse Mythology

Viking Occupations, listing the common occupations in the Viking culture - and the roles involved in most re-enactment groups

Viking Calendar Terms, collecting the Old Norse terms for the Viking calendar

Viking Ship Terms, collecting the Old Norse terms for the parts of Viking ships

Viking Measurements, documenting Old Norse measurement terms used in Viking culture and their relationships to each other

Viking Weaponry, displaying a museum poster of the weapons required aboard a ship in a Viking fleet

Viking Longhouse Terms, collecting the Old Norse terms for the parts and areas within a Viking longhouse

Viking Compass & Day Terms, collecting the Old Norse terms for the Viking compass directions and parts of the day

Viking Reading List, showing the non-fictional, fictional and children's books we've found worth reading

Viking Wisdom, listing some of the most useful and interesting advice Vikings gave to each other

Making a Viking Seax, taking you through the steps one of our members took in creating a Viking weapon

Designs for Viking Shields, showing sample designs appropriate for Vikings of Bjornstad members

Making a Viking Runestone, describing how we made a runestone suited to Viking re-enactment

Runic Dictionary, providing a sample of what a Viking Runes-to-English dictionary might look like

Elder/Anglo Saxon Runes, displaying the Elder/Anglo-Saxon Futhark set with a tool for transliterating to and from English


National Museum Iceland, Reykjavik, Tory Parker, Kay Tracy
   

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