Friday, February 25, 2011

Viking Vocab

Due Monday

Helluland: the name given to one of the three lands discovered by Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD on the North Atlantic coast of North America.

knarr: a type of Norse merchant ship famously used by the Vikings

Markland: name given to a part of shoreline in Labrador, Canada, named by Leif Eriksson when he landed in North America.

Nordic: The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

Norse: Scandinavian population of the period from the late 8th century to the 11th century

Vinand: the name given to an area of North America by the Norsemen, about the year 1000 CE.

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