Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands .. more
Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Judith Jesch is a British scholar of Old Norse language and literature, runology, and the Viking Age. She was Professor of Viking Age Studies at the University of Nottingham until 2025. Jesch is chair of the international Runic Advisory Group and president of the English Place-Name Society. .. more
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
[Ål stave church; Museum of Cultural History, Oslo]
Reposted by Justin Lewis, Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Fish, whale & dolphin bone, recorded here over many years, suggested a specialised fish processing site.
In early 2025 Storm Éowyn exposed stone buildings buried in sand. We sampled fish bone for radiocarbon dating. The result? ...
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
You're fair and fit to wield
the power of good people's kings;
the Shetlanders are known
to you as your subjects.
No battle-swift king
who subjugated western islands
had arisen in the eastern land,
before it got you.
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þjóðskjǫldunga góðra
haldið hæft á veldi
(Hjaltlendingar kenndir).
Engi varð á jǫrðu
ógnbráðr, áðr þér nôðum,
austr, sás eyjum vestan,
ynglingr, und sik þryngvi.
Ótt Hfl 20
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Reposted by Judith Jesch
þjóðskjǫldunga góðra
haldið hæft á veldi
(Hjaltlendingar kenndir).
Engi varð á jǫrðu
ógnbráðr, áðr þér nôðum,
austr, sás eyjum vestan,
ynglingr, und sik þryngvi.
Ótt Hfl 20
Reposted by Catriona Seth, Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
From the North.
Cathode ray lights.
Reposted by Judith Jesch
Reposted by Judith Jesch
