@kristervasshus.bsky.social - Krister Vasshus

06 Sep 2026 19:47 +0000

The runic inscription on the newly discovered silver hoard from Rebild reads "hutu". Hutu hútu huntu huttu hudu húdu hundu huddu hytu hýtu hyntu hyttu hydu hýdu hyndu hyddu hotu hótu hontu hottu hodu hódu hondu hoddu høtu hœtu høntu høttu hødu hœdu høndu høddu hǫtu hǫntu hǫttu hǫdu hǫndu hǫddu

03 Sep 2026 08:12 +0000

A few days ago I met an 83-yo American whose four grandparents had inwandered from Norway to USA. This old dude spoke Norwegian, but his dialect was ofcourse rather old fashioned, since it had been cut off from Norway for 150 years. The historical sociolinguist inside me had a great time!

30 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000

Me bør gjeninnføra tilnamn på kongane våre. Men sjølv klarer eg kje bestemma meg for kva som høver best for Harald 5.. Kong Harald Lått og Løye eller Harald Seglkonge (eller kong Harald den Rommande?)

28 Aug 2026 07:25 +0000

Håkon/Haakon< Hákon < *HauhakunjaR 'highborn' (an urnordisk compound of the adjective *hauha- 'high' and masculine noun *kunjaR 'male decebdant'). Fitting name for a king.

13 Aug 2026 07:09 +0000

The photo of the eclipsing sun over Lejre yesterday evening does not quite capture the eerie 539-vibe I got from the strange scattering of light. It certainly did not feel auspicious!

13 Aug 2026 06:42 +0000

21-25. september arrangerer Brandbjerg Højskole eit kurs om vikinganes verd med fokus på Danmark. Ei veke full av opplevingar både ute i landskapet og inne i lokala (sjå program i lenka). Meld deg til, og sprei gjerne ordet til alle som kunne ha interesse for emnet. https://brandbjerg.dk/ugekursus/vikingernes-verden

01 Aug 2026 07:59 +0000

Særarrangement i Sagnlandet Lejre: Folkemusiker Sif Wiimh gir ei musikalsk tidsreise i kongehallen frå 700-talet. Kom og høyr om instrumenter og folkemusikkens sannsynlege opphav i tida før skriftleg dokumentasjonskultur. Meld deg til! https://sagnlandet.dk/p/en-musikalsk-tidsrejse-i-kongehallen/

30 Jul 2026 16:36 +0000

Gradestokken her i Dǫnmǫrk seier 32 grader, og vestlendingen her drøymer om å ha det svalt som eit myrlik. Heldigvis har eg importert eit øl som høver seg godt i den samanhengen.

30 Jul 2026 10:21 +0000

When did we get kings in Northern Europe? Most of the time I see discussions on this topic, the age of migration is in the center. In a way I can understand why. This is when early written records and oral traditions that later ends up in writing about kingship shows up. I think this can't....

29 Jul 2026 07:59 +0000

Særarrangement i Sagnlandet Lejre: Sanketur og langbordsmiddag. Oseberggrytene kjem fram, og etter ein god omgang mathandverk, skal det etast! Meld deg på! https://sagnlandet.dk/p/sanketur-og-langbordsmiddag/ https://sagnlandet.dk/p/sanketur-og-langbordsmiddag/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTWhuhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEecQ7F-IMKEtqmaoAJAqmVhxkASaptK_tqW7CivDwZQreuW_s9rFRUhrX3TOo_aem_J9_86zZWndDUUag05V5ZeQ

28 Jul 2026 07:09 +0000

Oats, sourned milk and blueberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) straight from the bush. A Norwegian breakfast, if there ever was one!

25 Jul 2026 12:54 +0000

Norsk juleøl er godt i vestnorsk sommarvêr òg.

13 Jul 2026 05:46 +0000

God morgon alle saman! Måtte dagen din vera full av bær!

03 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000

Bringebær < *bremingabazja A handful of snacks on my way to work.

28 Jun 2026 09:52 +0000

Maula. A Norwegian verb meaning something like 'eating something so nice that it would almost be more appropriate to eat it together with something, but you just eat it on its own'. The verb is derrived from a noun meaning 'mouth'. It is what I did to these wild strawberreies.

22 Jun 2026 06:37 +0000

Last week a few scholars gathered for an epigraphic workshop, where we tried a few techniques of making various inscriptions. Runes, minuscles, wood, chalk, wax, cake, tea. Trying the processes ourselves already gave us some valuable insights to why inscriptions look the way they do.