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Nornagests þáttr or the Story of Norna-Gest is a legendary saga about the Norse hero Nornagestr, sometimes called Gestr, and here anglicized as Norna-Gest. Nornagests þáttr is as an episode of the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason in the medieval Icelandic manuscript Flateyjarbók .
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [1] In the Völuspá, the three primary Norns Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi, and Skuld draw water from Urðarbrunnr to nourish Yggdrasill, the tree at the center of the cosmos, and prevent it from rot. [2]
The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (Old Norse Þorsteins þáttr stangarhǫggs) is an Icelandic þáttr which tells the tale of a conflict between the houses of Thorarinn and Bjarni Brodd-Helgason at Hof, Iceland.
Former President Trump’s rally in Milwaukee on Friday was derailed by technical difficulties as he seethed over microphone issues during his final planned stop in the swing state of Wisconsin.
It remained a major competitor of print journalism in the Milwaukee Metropolitan market until it was purchased by Journal Communications in 1997. [7] By 2006, the suburban editions were consolidated into only 11 editions, losing the original newspaper names. [8] The list of the 23 weekly newspapers at their 1986 peak was as follows: The Bay Viewer
Stark, a 50-year-old courier for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was killed while driving to work late Saturday when, police said, a reckless driver crashed into his vehicle on the city’s ...
Guild Wars 2 players can enjoy a slice of the Norn's Nordic flavor and lore with the latest installment of the week. Norn Week continues for Guild Wars 2, and while that may sound a bit like Shark ...
The þættir (Old Norse singular þáttr, literally meaning a "strand" of rope or yarn) [1] [2] are short stories written mostly in Iceland during the 13th and 14th centuries. The majority of þættir occur in two compendious manuscripts, Morkinskinna and Flateyjarbók , and within them most are found as digressions within kings' sagas.