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@quirkytranslators.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 7:39 PM

Convert modern English into authentic Viking Age saga language instantly with our specialized tool. https://quirkytranslators.com/historical-english/old-norse-translator/ #OldNorse #VikingLanguage

@onp.ku.dk Oct 3, 2026, 8:07 AM

slǿgr (adj.): 52 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: cunning] // snu, udspekuleret, snedig, underfundig ‘sender Jugurtha ... slægia menn sina að fræista Romueria með fegiofum’ (Rómv in AM 595 a-b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o72888 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Oct 3, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: heita (vb.): 31 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: heat, warm up] // varme, opvarme ‘Sólin heitir ok flóar alla veröldina’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o32957 #OldNorse

@julianewitte.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:49 AM

So I've had a speaker drop-out last minute from the session dedicated to Old Norse female networks and communities! I still need to figure out next steps but is there coincidentally anyone who'd like to present in this session? #MedievalSky #OldNorse

Juliane Witte@julianewitte.bsky.socialJun 8, 2026, 3:59 PM

I'm organising sessions about medieval female networks and communities for next year's (2027) @imc-leeds.bsky.social!! The CFP is purposefully broad and open, so do share with whoever you think might be interested and hit me up with any questions! #MedievalSky

In line with IMC’s thematic focus on communities, this series of sessions will explore female networks and communities in the Middle Ages from a variety of methodological, theoretical, and disciplinary angles. While many medieval sources focus expressly on men and male characters, relationships between women and female characters exist, even if they are sometimes hidden away at the margins. The goal of these sessions is to put female networks, communities, and relationships at the centre of our focus and thereby gain a more nuanced insight into the Middle Ages and our engagement with the time period and its various outputs.

In this context, both “network” and “community” are defined as broadly as possible, namely as relationships of any sort between medieval women, female characters in texts, and/or female audiences (both medieval and modern, both scholarly and popular). The aim of these sessions is to explore where and how such networks and communities can be located, how they are depicted, what effect they have upon their narratives or their historical surroundings, and how we connect to them now. The desire is for these sessions to be as broad and exploratory as possible, inviting scholars from a variety of disciplines.

Papers could address intersectional communities, religious networks, the performance of community, inclusion/exclusion, and much more in historical, literary, and/or material contexts. Doctoral Candidates, late-stage MA students, and Early Career Researchers are actively encouraged to send in proposals. I am planning an edited volume based on these sessions.

Please send an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short biography to juliane.witte@uni-tuebingen.de by the 31st of July 2026. Please do state whether you’d prefer to attend in person or online. Feel free to also reach out with any questions!

@jwwanzer.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM

I am currently reading Lafayllve @60% and Harrison @40%, the book pile: #deism & #pantheism philosophies, #AngloSaxon & #Norse history and literature, #OldEnglish, #OldNorse languages, and runic symbolism. So many books, so little time. #booksky #pagan #wiccan #witchsky #asatru #runes #philosophy

@onp.ku.dk Sep 30, 2026, 8:07 AM

atburðr (sb. m.): 176 cits, e.g. circumstances, particulars (concerning sth.), occasion (for sth.), special situation ‘seigir hann nu allan atburd huersu farid hafde med þeim Eskopart’ (Rém in Holm perg 7 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5216 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 29, 2026, 8:07 AM

dómandi (sb. m.): 113 cits, e.g. of one of the judges ɔ: the rulers/regents of Israel in the period after Joshua, cf. the Old Testament’s Book of Judges) ‘domandi ok kennimadr yfir Jsraels folki’ (Stj in AM 226 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14830 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 29, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: faldr (sb. m.): 27 cits, e.g. (for áfall sb. n.? atfall sb. n.?) // ‘egh verd lagt at skrida vnndan o᷎gliti Nicholai. þuiat þunngr madr verdr mer hann i ⸢falldi [V-1: afalle |V-2: atfalli]’ (Nik in Holm perg 16 4°) onp.ku.dk/o19168 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 28, 2026, 8:07 AM

dagliga (adv.): 49 cits, e.g. daily, every day, every single day // dagligt, hver dag, hver eneste dag ‘Hún hafði hjá sér dagliga vatn Guðmundar biskups ok þóttist linan af fá, er kalt var’ (GBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o13713 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 27, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: harðr (adj.): 440 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (about conditions, condition or way of life) strict, unhappy, sad, unfavorable, bad, difficult] ‘hann scammaz sialfs sins oc harðrar hamingio’ (Alex in AM 519 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o31575 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 26, 2026, 8:07 AM

ef (conjunc.): 343 cits, e.g. (the dependent clause is conditional) if, should (the situation arise) that, in the event that ‘Oc ef þer endiz gefa til. þa mattv fa þer rike oc mikla semð’ (ÓT in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16365 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 25, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: réttr (sb. m.): 327 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: right, privilege, law, authority, legal status, legal claim] onp.ku.dk/o64668 #OldNorse

@norseinthenorth.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 2:57 PM

Norse in the North 2027: Life and Death
Abstract deadline: 1st February 2027

We welcome proposals from postgraduate students for papers in any area of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies relating to the theme.

We look forward to reading your proposals!

#callforpapers #oldnorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 21, 2026, 8:07 AM

aftantími (sb. m.): 4 cits, e.g. eventide, evening // aftenstid, aften ‘leiðir sva til um aftantima nockurn, sem húsfruin er brott gengin’ (Jón in AM 649 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o4063 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 21, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: skíra (vb.): 113 cits, e.g. // ‘Kodran letst ei mundv fyʀi skírazt láta enn hann vissi hvaʀ meir mætti byskup eda armadr i steininum’ (Kristni in AM 105 fol) onp.ku.dk/o70845 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 20, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yesterday’s #Wordle: verja (vb.): 180 cits, e.g. // ‘firir þetta mitt testamentum skipar ek þa brœðr mina sem fyr næmfnazst huartuæggia
at sœkia, ok væria, æftir guðrs lagum ok manna’ (DN in NRA dipl no perg 5) onp.ku.dk/o85938 #OldNorse

@onp.ku.dk Sep 19, 2026, 8:07 AM

dagsbréf (sb. n.): 6 cits, e.g. letter of safe-conduct (valid until a certain day) // lejdebrev, brev der giver frist med frit lejde (indtil en vis dato, cf. dagr sb. m. def. 5) ‘þat sama dags bref’ (DI in AM dipl isl fasc XLII 7) onp.ku.dk/o13742 #OldNorse