Shetland and the Runic Diaspora
(2023)
Book Chapter
All Outputs (13)
Scandinavian Runes in England: Dating, Distribution, and Contexts (2023)
Book Chapter
Further Thoughts on E18 Saltfleetby (2020)
Journal Article
The article reconsiders some of the runological, linguistic and cultural aspects of the 2010 find in Lincolnshire, England, of a lead spindle whorl inscribed with Scandinavian runes. In particular, the discussion leads to the conclusion that the insc... Read More about Further Thoughts on E18 Saltfleetby.
Healing runes (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Runes and Verse: The Medialities of Early Scandinavian Poetry (2017)
Journal Article
The paper discusses a number of versified runic inscriptions, mainly from Scandinavia, and from ca. 400 to 1400 AD, to explore what they reveal about the forms and functions of early Scandinavian poetry outside the manuscript tradition. With a partic... Read More about Runes and Verse: The Medialities of Early Scandinavian Poetry.
The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles (2015)
Book Chapter
The poetry discussed in this paper presents a range of responses to sailing around the northern parts of the British Isles, by poets more or less familiar with these routes but also with Norway, Iceland and sea-ways much further afield. These poets u... Read More about The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles.
The Viking Diaspora (2015)
Book Chapter
The Viking Diaspora (2015)
Book
Jómsvíkinga Sǫgur and Jómsvíkinga Drápur: texts, contexts and intertexts (2014)
Journal Article
Using theories of intertextuality the paper explores the implications of the complex transmission of Jómsvíkinga saga, with its multiple manuscripts, versions and cross-references in other texts. It then concentrates on the story-complex about the Jó... Read More about Jómsvíkinga Sǫgur and Jómsvíkinga Drápur: texts, contexts and intertexts.
Christian Vikings: Norsemen in Western Europe in the 12th century (2014)
Book Chapter
From the late 11th century onwards, northern Europeans were also infected with the crusading spirit that swept the whole of Europe. With their knowledge of the East, their military abilities and experience, and their relatively new enthusiasm for Chr... Read More about Christian Vikings: Norsemen in Western Europe in the 12th century.
Earl Rögnvaldr of Orkney, a poet of the Viking diaspora (2013)
Journal Article
Kali Kolsson, later Rögnvaldr, Earl of Orkney, is a truly international figure who was born in Norway, travelled to England, came to power in Northern Scotland, and then made a memorable journey through Europe and the Mediterranean to the Holy Land.... Read More about Earl Rögnvaldr of Orkney, a poet of the Viking diaspora.
Runes and words: runic lexicography in context (2013)
Journal Article
The paper begins by noting the lack of a comprehensive dictionary of Scandinavian runic inscriptions, as well as the absence of the runic evidence from most dictionaries of the early Scandinavian languages, and considers possible reasons for this. R... Read More about Runes and words: runic lexicography in context.
Presenting traditions in Orkneyinga saga (1996)
Journal Article