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Heil og sæl in Icelandic and Norwegian (Old Norse: heill ok sæll, Old Swedish: hæl oc sæl, Early Modern Swedish: hell och säll), roughly meaning "healthy and happy", is an old Nordic greeting phrase which is still common on Iceland. It is comparable to English ”safe and sound”.
Possibly from Old Norse krasa (="shatter") via Old French crasir [55] creek kriki ("corner, nook") through ME creke ("narrow inlet in a coastline") altered from kryk perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman crique itself from a Scandinavian source via Norman-French [56] crochet from Old Norse krokr "hook" via French crochet "small hook; canine tooth ...
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride; If you're growing in age, then you're nearing to the graveyard; If you cannot be good, be careful; If you cannot beat them, join them; If you cannot live longer, live deeper; If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen; If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk
"The Stranger at the Door" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Hávamál (English: / ˈ h ɔː v ə ˌ m ɔː l / HAW-və-mawl; Old Norse: Hávamál, [note 1] classical pron. [ˈhɒːwaˌmɒːl], Modern Icelandic pron. [ˈhauːvaˌmauːl̥], ‘Words of Hávi [the High One]’) is presented as a single poem in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age.
The 50 Best Eid al-Fitr Greetings and Quotes Filled With Warmth and Love. Manal Aman. March 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM. 50 Best Eid al-Fitr Greetings Jasmin Merdan - Getty Images.
140 best Irish blessings for St. Patrick's Day. It's normal to hear various "season's greetings" around the holidays, and different types of "best wishes" and congratulatory statements when ...
Old Norse vowel phonemes mostly come in pairs of long and short. The standardized orthography marks the long vowels with an acute accent. In medieval manuscripts, it is often unmarked but sometimes marked with an accent or through gemination. Old Norse had nasalized versions of all ten vowel places.
Post one of these short witch quotes and sayings from movies and TV on Instagram for a magical Halloween. Go with something cute, funny or straight-up witchy. These 56 witch quotes will leave ...