Viking+Britain

=Viking Britain=

The etymology is not qiute known but the term “vikings” is from the Old norse vik, or creek. Back then a viking was a creek man. The word later became related to “sea robber.” When the Vikings would take over a piece of land or invade something they would leave there mark.

Timeline


 * 793-first invasion by the Viking.
 * 821-wessex becomes the supreme kingdom.
 * 866-77-invasion of the great Danish army.
 * 867-The Viking take Northumbria.
 * 871-King Alfred defeats the Vikings.
 * 886- The North subjected to the Danelaw, the rules of the Vikings.
 * 889-The Anglo Saxon Chronicle starts.
 * 926-Eastern England in conquered by the Saxons.
 * 1016-King Canute of Denmark captures the English crown.
 * 1042-Edward the confessor becomes King

Who are the Vikings? When people think of Vikings, they probably automatically think of huge and massive men with swords, beards and horses. In reality they were farmers, fisherman, trappers and traders. The Vikings traveled and often sailed throughout Europe. They were the type to conquer if needed to do so. When the Vikings sailed and traveled in the, they were in the Atlantic with their long ships. Vikings homeland = =

To the best of the historian’s knowledge, Most Vikings come from Norway and Sweden around the coastal areas. Denmark was one other place the Vikings came from. Now most people refer to these areas of the country as Scandinavia. Vikings also settled and traded with Russia. When was this time period?

Many people have different dates on when particular time periods with the Vikings existed. It was more than likely between (450 AD-793 AD). In 793 AD was the Vikings first raid. The last invasion was in 1066 AD.

** Language ** When the Vikings invade England they created a language called Old Norse. Since the Vikings came from all over Scandinavia they all speak different dialect of Old Norse although the basic language was the same. Old English and Old Norse are similar since they had both developed out of the same language; in fact, the language spoken by the Vikings at this time was mostly understandable by the people in England. After a many years of them living in England the languages merged into one language what is known today as Old English. The Norse language gave a large number of words to the English language. The most notable the word with the “sk” sounds such as skin, sky, skull, and scatter.

**Literature** Heroic poem is one of the earliest types of poems. One of the earliest known poems is called “Widsith”. Cædmon is the oldest known poet from England some of the poems that he wrought where "Exodus" and "Daniel,”. Some other known Old English poems during this time where saints' lives, charms, riddles and gnomic poetry. A lot of the poems and stories from the Anglo-Saxon era where still around and told. The most notable story to still be told is Beowulf.