As is every day!

This is indeed one of the most interesting and barely ever mentioned anecdotes in Orkneyinga saga. Rognvaldr was in fact a bit useless at most things except poetry. But he could also laugh at himself.

Fun 🧵

Ooh, hope you enjoy, even though it's quite old now! Let me know what the gýgr says, if anything. 🙂

Planning to apply for an ERC grant in Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences? Don't miss out on the free expert support available at British Academy reading days. Especially handy if your university is shrinking its research office or making scads of academics with grant expertise redundant. Ahem.

Didn't work well at Nottingham

👋 Say hello to the stars of your new bank notes! After a public vote which saw over 2.5 million responses, the Bank of England have revealed the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, European hedgehog and buff-tailed bumblebee will appear on redesigned notes over the coming years.

Det var engelske myntmestere i Skandinavia, men også myntemestere med skandinaviske navn i England og begge deler kunne ha brukt skrivemåten ONLAF (eller ANLAF, som jeg tror er litt tidligere).

Jeg stusset også over dette. Vi må spørre numismatikerne, med det er sannsynlig at myntmesteren var en engelskmann og vant til den stavingen, eller en som var kjent med den engelske skrivemåten. Jeg tror ikke en norsk/skandinavisk myntmester ville ha skrevet navnet med 'n', latin eller ikke latin.

A new exhibition opens in November at the Historical Museum in Oslo, featuring multiple coins of the Mørstad hoard, including a coin struck for Olaf Haraldsson (St Olaf).

Easier to climb the gate. Or is that heresy?