3 days ago by Fatih

Price: $21.28 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available. Only 1 left in stock–order soon (more on the way). Want it delivered Friday, November 6? Order it in the next 3 hours and 49 minutes, and choose One-Da ...

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3 days ago by flashparker

Dust Country – An Excerpt I’ve spent almost two years working on my second novel. It’s been a long haul, this process. The first one came naturally, and the process was generally fluid. This one has been different for a number of reasons. First, I’ve never attempted anything this ambitious. The proj ...

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17 days ago by Jason Fisher

In my post on Slavic echoes (or the lack of them) in Tolkien’s works, and especially in the comments which it prompted, I talked about the temptation to find such echoes in unlikely places out of mere wishful thinking. But I also acknowledged that Tolkien’s linguistic borrowings were diverse and lay ...

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18 days ago by Jason Fisher

This may be old news, depending on how many of you read the Ukrainian literary journal, Літературознавчі студії (“Literary Studies”), published under the auspices of the Institute of Philology at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev. Doesn’t everyone? Hahae, I know, neither do I. Not spe ...

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25 days ago by Christel

After a long search I finally found a wonderful topic to write a research paper on: Old Norse and Celtic Boardgames. Here I will document my progress. On the Treasures and Rarities page you will find links to useful articles and resources. Enjoy your stay!

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26 days ago by L-Jay

When you look at Norwegian words and English words they are very similar. In fact, you can often make out what a Norwegian word is by the way it looks, however, the sounds can be quiet different. One of the major changes that occurred to the English language is known as the Great Vowel Shift.... Cli ...

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32 days ago by admin

Many character and place names in The Lord of the Rings are related to words from old and modern languages. In his book Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards, Michael N. Stanton provides examples of the historical links for some of Tolkien’s characters and settings. A few examples follow: Saruman’s name deriv ...

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37 days ago by Berit

Experts are now examining a unique rune stone dating back to around 400 AD, discovered in a garden in the city of Mandal in Southern Norway a week ago. The find may also contain a grave, reports Norway Post. This is the first rune stone discovered in Norway since 1947, and the find is described as [ ...

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38 days ago by L-Jay

One of our readers has directed me to a great resource for my study of the effects of Norwegian on the English language – a series of videos on YouTube by the scholar Alexander Arguelles. The videos present an interesting overview of the Germanic language, and as Norwegian is one of the... Click on ...

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38 days ago by L-Jay

I always hear, from Norwegians, Brazilians, Chinese – everyone – that English is very hard to learn. They say it is because English is notorious for breaking all the rules. For example: why does ‘heard’ and ‘beard’ have different vowel sounds when they have the... Click on the title to read more at ...

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