If you’ve watched Vikings—the History Channel’s hit show that ran from 2013 to 2020—you know it’s way more than just sword fights, ship raids, and intense stares across longhouses.

Strung across the North Atlantic, the 18 islands that form the Faroes are rich in folklore — this is a land where trolls lie ...

Strung across the North Atlantic, the 18 islands that form the Faroes are rich in folklore — this is a land where trolls lie ...

Tyr was an important Germanic and Norse god of war, similar to the god Mars worshiped by the ancient Romans. But we know very ...

Though the Vikings established a strong foothold in the British ... Despite their power, few words at the time made it from Old Norse into the English language. Simply put, English wasn’t a language ...

All of the Nordic languages; Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian are descended from Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. These languages have all evolved in different ways over the ...

The Vikings ... Norse empire. The drinking hall structure also holds a resemblance to other Norse halls found in Orkney and other parts around Scotland. The term “Norse” is typically used to describe ...

The people we call Vikings mostly weren’t Vikings ... They were only one part of a civilization defined by a shared language, Old Norse, in which víkingr just meant “raider.” ...

but remnants of Viking architecture and influence remains in Norway. ©kurkul/iStock via Getty Images Old Norse remains a somewhat cryptic and interesting dead language. All the translations below are ...

The Vikings spoke an ancient Northern Germanic language—making it a none-too-distant relative of English—known as Old Norse. It emerged in Scandinavia around 1000 years ago, roughly coinciding ...

From the late 8th century, groups of Scandinavian raiders who spoke a different Germanic language (Old Norse) and have come to be known collectively as Vikings were also a significant presence in ...