LOL...Yeah Norman...I know. But we all have our "fingernails on a blackboard" subjects. That's one of mine. The word appears to be late medieval,,,well past the days of the Norse, or Northmen raids. Probably means to "go forth"... And there is NOT any evidence of horns on anyone's helmets!!! But yes, I know I am swimming upstream. Wagner and Hollywood have done their work only too well! And I get twitchy when people start talking about "the Celts" this and "the Celts" that,, as if they were all one people. No such thing as "the Celts"... <puts soap box back under table.....goes back to sleep> <G> R -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Norman Tulloch Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 1:03 PM To: orcadia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orkney Viking Hordes Royce Perry wrote: > GGrrrrrr....Norse!!!! Viking is not a real word...and if it was it was a verb...not a noun!!! Down With Viking!!! Up with Norse!!! > > R the Picky Sorry, Royce, but I'd have to describe you as "R the Unrealistic", since Viking has been widely used as a noun (and an adjective too, for that matter) for a long time. I'll concede, though, that I don't know when the word was first used as a noun. Norman T. _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I read a book by Bryan Sykes. He said that "viking" meant a little creek bay. Viking ships could come into these bays undetected as opposed to ordinary ships that came into the larger bays. The people that came to be known as Vikings of course slipped into these more hidden bays in order to surprise the people and plunder and pillage and do the usual Viking stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Royce Perry" <perryroyce@hotmail.com> To: <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orkney Viking Hordes > LOL...Yeah Norman...I know. But we all have our "fingernails on a > blackboard" subjects. That's one of mine. The word appears to be late > medieval,,,well past the days of the Norse, or Northmen raids. Probably > means to "go forth"... And there is NOT any evidence of horns on anyone's > helmets!!! But yes, I know I am swimming upstream. Wagner and Hollywood > have > done their work only too well! > And I get twitchy when people start talking about "the Celts" this and > "the > Celts" that,, as if they were all one people. No such thing as "the > Celts"... > <puts soap box back under table.....goes back to sleep> <G> > R > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Norman Tulloch > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 1:03 PM > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orkney Viking Hordes > > Royce Perry wrote: >> GGrrrrrr....Norse!!!! Viking is not a real word...and if it was it was a > verb...not a noun!!! Down With Viking!!! Up with Norse!!! >> >> R the Picky > > Sorry, Royce, but I'd have to describe you as "R the Unrealistic", since > Viking has been widely used as a noun (and an adjective too, for that > matter) for a long time. I'll concede, though, that I don't know when > the word was first used as a noun. > > Norman T. > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >