The Old Norse liked to talk about wet and windy weather, and clearly had a lot where they came from, judging by the words they introduced: A kenning is a two-word phrase or metaphor, used in the ...

Amund is a Norwegian name that comes from the Old Norse name Agmundr. It's a compound name made up of the elements ag , which means "awe," "fear," or "edge" (as in the edge of a blade), and mundr ...

As a result, Old English and Old Norse (the Vikings language) mixed and many Old Norse words became integrated into the English language. Examples include the word berserk stemming from the Old Norse ...

Who knew there were so many words for stream ... like our own. In the North, an old Norse word is used to describe a ravine or the narrow body of water that flows through it: a gill.

All across England, millions of people live in towns that were settled by the Vikings. Any place that ends in –by, Derby or Grimsby for example, comes from Old Norse meaning a ‘farmstead or ‘village’.