[Ansteorra] RE: Pirates in Period

[Matthias the Brewer]

So Vikings have strange ideas about vacations.  Is that a problem?

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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] RE: Pirates in Period




--- Marc Carlson <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com> wrote:
I still maintain that "Viking"
> -may- have been a verb in Old Norse meaning "going on a road trip and
coming
> back with more stuff than you left with," while in English it was a noun
> meaning "bloodthirsty lunatics with axes".

Most people I know would call "going on a road trip and coming back with
more stuff than you left
with" - going on a holiday. :)

Alden Drake
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