English is more of a fluid language, picking up new words as it grows. However, this wasn't always the case, especially when ...

Norn is the extinct Scandinavian language of Scottish regions like the Shetland Islands which was brought there by way of Norse settlers. To this day, Shetland communities celebrate their Nordic ...

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 ...

Every single question word in the English language (who, what, where, when, which, and why, plus whose, whither, whence, whom and even how) has a Viking origin. It makes sense. Picture this ...

O ne of the most remarkable achievements of the medieval world is an illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.

Furthermore, the language used, known as Proto-Norse, is difficult to translate because so little of it has been seen. “Every time we encounter a new find containing a Proto-Norse inscription— ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

They were only one part of a civilization defined by a shared language, Old Norse, in which víkingr just meant “raider.” As the medievalist Tom Shippey once put it, the term “wasn’t an ...

Above all, the Vikings spread fear and anguish ... "Íospartaigh na Lochlannach" will air on Ireland's Irish language TV station, TG4 on Wed, Sept 14th at 9:30pm IST. It will then be available ...

Words include rendezvous, genre, and even lemon. English is more of a fluid language, picking up new words as it grows. However, this wasn’t always the case, especially when the Vikings raided the ...