Judith Jesch

@judithjesch.bsky.social

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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

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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

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you Kate.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 9h

I have now but wish I hadn't. 😕 All I will say is that any discussion of a single inscription should see it in the context of the whole corpus of which it forms a part. I did a survey of the Scandinavian runic inscriptions of England recently: www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...

Scandinavian Runes in England. Dating, Distribution, and Contexts | The Legacy of Medieval Scandinavian Encounters with England and the Insular World

www.brepolsonline.net

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you Steffen, it is a sad time.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you so much, Crin.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you Claire.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Takk!

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for this Lorna.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Many thanks, Katrina, I am!

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you Rebecca.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Many thanks for this, Kristel.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks for the thoughts, Tom.

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Anders :) 🇧🇻🏳️‍🌈 @annesh.no · 1d

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Four articulated buses blocking each other in a roundabout making them stuck.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Katherine F. Jesch, née Fekete Katalin in Debrecen, 14.05.1924 - 24.11.2025

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 2d

If you like this stanza, you might like to read this by Roberta Frank www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 2d

The new FIBO library has arrived at the Obs. With a huge effort from John & Marian Ginnever and the generosity of many donors, 80 boxes of books now replace and expand the library lost in the 2019 fire. Huge thanks go to DHL, Streamline and the crew of the Good Shepherd for their generosity and help

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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

Right. Erm. The sky is on fire.

A tight cluster of aurora across the full spectrum in a single burst in the sky

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Chris, it was great to see you and your students!

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Alan, it was good to see you again!

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 4d

The Society is happy to announce Amanda Boeing as the winner of the 2025 Magnusson Prize! She received the award for her insightful comparative essay on the Battle of Brunanburh poem and Egill Skalla-Grímsson's Höfuðlausn.

Many congratulations to Amanda!

2025 Magnus Magnusson Prize Winner Announced - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

Congratulations to Amanda Boeing, who has been awarded this year's Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize

www.ssns.org.uk

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 4d

Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.

If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 28d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 4d

The Flora & Fauna Of St. Magnus Cathedral theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/22/t...

The Flora & Fauna Of St. Magnus Cathedral

By Bernie Bell. Pics by B&M Bell As part of the 2025 Orkney Nature Festival Custodian Fran Flett-Hollinrake presented an illustrated talk looking at images…

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 5d

Er, your email finds me with a bit of a tickly cough actually. Why exactly do you need to know?

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Helena 🏝️ HELULV Ullmark @helenaullmark.bsky.social · 5d

Coolaste nyckelbrickan på Gotland (kanske Sverige?)

Nyckelbricka på kyrkdörr i brunt väderbitet tjärat ekträ. Nyckelbrickan i järnsmide formad som en ödla / drake där nyckeln sticks in i ryggen på ödlan. Huvudet är neråt men upplyft en bit som att den vaktar nyckelhålet med sin öppna mun där huggtänder syns. Nyckelbrickan är cirka 18 cm i fyrkant.

Nyckelbricka i järnsmide formad som en ödla / drake där nyckeln sticks in i ryggen på ödlan. På kyrkdörr i brunt väderbitet tjärat ekträ med en ring som handtag under nyckelhålet

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 6d

Swords in Rock at Hafrsfjord howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/s...

Swords in Rock at Hafrsfjord

Contemporary Vikingisms take many forms, including public monuments. Here, my interests in Viking archaeology, contemporary archaeology and public archaeology in Public Viking Research coincide per…

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 6d

A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.

A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.

And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d

Nei, men de har de verdensberømte Orkney Library Balls bsky.app/profile/orkn...

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · May 13

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an intelligent person in possession of a social media account, must be in want of a library.'

You can now follow Orkney Library & Archive on Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky. Bonus points if you follow us on all of them. 🏆

Orkney Library & Archive with a massive stone ball in the foreground

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d

Flott! Men nå venter jeg dikt om Booky McBookface bsky.app/profile/orkn...

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12d

We're delighted to announce that Emma, our NEW Mobile Library driver is all ready to go so #BookyMcBookface will be continuing on his travels from next week, beginning in Longhope on Tuesday 18th November.

You can find an updated list of Booky visits at: orkneylibrary.org.uk