Britons and Celts
An Anglo-Saxon Riddle
“Allowed to become proud, however, he proves ungrateful.” […]
Month: March 2020
Britons and Celts
Eyewitness to a Famous Assassination
“With this blow he shattered the sword on crown, which was large, separated from his head so that the blood turned white from the brain yet no less did the brain turn red from the blood.” […]
Knowledge
Words of Dead Worlds: Raum
In old Icelandic, calling someone a “raum” or “raumr” was a way of mixing an insult in with your compliment (or vice-versa). That’s because if someone was a “raum”, they were both exceptionally large, and […]