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Ships and men in the late Viking Age the vocabulary of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse

The Vikings were the master mariners and ship-builders of the middle ages: their success depended on these skills. The nautical vocabulary of the Viking Age, however, has been surprisingly neglected. This book is the first systematic and comparative study of the contemporary evidence of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse documenting men's use of ships in the late Viking Age. The vocabulary is studied within the larger context of 'viking' activity in this period, and casts light on what that activity was, where it took place and its impact on developments in the Scandinavian kingship.

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  • "The Vikings were the master mariners and ship-builders of the middle ages: their success depended on these skills. The nautical vocabulary of the Viking Age, however, has been surprisingly neglected. This book is the first systematic and comparative study of the contemporary evidence of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse documenting men's use of ships in the late Viking Age. The vocabulary is studied within the larger context of 'viking' activity in this period, and casts light on what that activity was, where it took place and its impact on developments in the Scandinavian kingship."@en
  • "Names of ships; The ship and its parts; The hull; The stems; Inside the hull; Rudders, oars and shields; Masts, sails and rigging; In harbour and on land; The vocabulary of sailing; Description and metaphor; Preparing and launching; The ship in the sea; Shipwreck and landing; 5 The Crew, the Fleet and Battles at Sea; Manning a ship; The owner; The captain; The crew; The fleet and the troop; lið; Compounds with -lið; floti; leiðangr; The troop; Units of the fleet; Summary; Battles at sea; Maritime warfare; Place and time; Preliminaries to battle; Bringing the ships together."@en

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  • "Glossaries, vocabularies, etc"
  • "Glossaries, vocabularies, etc"@en
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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Skalendichtung"
  • "Terminology"
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  • "Ships and men in the late Viking age : the vocabulary of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse"
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