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NorskViking87 (October 10, 2008 at 12:20 pm)
yea bayfolk, peoples who lurked in the bay not pirates
TheVikingMetal (October 9, 2008 at 3:25 pm)
fuck yeah!
Gunnar125 (October 9, 2008 at 12:13 pm)
Hehe true. It would have been nice though =)
Blodwykeln (October 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm)
My apologies, understandably you know more than i do. Maybe it's just -another- screw up with the English language. Though, I doubt there was much time to exchange pleasantries and to establish that a raider wasn't a bay-person before he mutilated a christian monk XD
Gunnar125 (October 7, 2008 at 1:15 pm)
Is that right? Because in our languages Vikingar means "Bayfolk" Meaning, people who live near shores and in bays, which is common for all scandinavian languages. And I think the old word for pirate would be something more close to "Rövare", "Robber".
Gunnar125 (October 7, 2008 at 1:10 pm)
Well. Let's just say, we had a bad side. And a good side.
Blodwykeln (October 5, 2008 at 10:20 pm)
I was referring to those who participated in the raids and such, so my terminology was correct. Viking is not the word at all, it's a English misinterpretation of Vikingr which is Old Norse for "Pirate" or "Piracy."
Misqus (October 5, 2008 at 9:48 pm)
And VIKING was their ride for money and goods, not Vikingr (who are man who participaited in Viking)
Blodwykeln (October 4, 2008 at 11:39 pm)
The Vikingr were far from barbaric, they invented undergarments, bathing; they married and they had a social heirachy.
Blodwykeln (October 4, 2008 at 11:33 pm)
Doesn't really matter where you live, you are still a Son of The North. |
