Norseman
Ancient Nordic seafarer
A Norseman is a member of the medieval Scandinavian peoples—the Vikings and their contemporaries from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
The term evokes seafaring raiders and explorers who ranged from North America to Constantinople between the 8th and 11th centuries: The Norsemen established settlements in Iceland and Greenland.
Also Northman.
Slender Norse rowing vessel
- navigationDetermining position and course
- voyageJourney by sea
- knarrViking merchant ship
- oarsmenThose who paddle boats
sail · helmsman · shipwright · coastline · raiding · trading · settlement · provisions
Fury-driven Norse combatant
- shieldmaidenFemale Norse combatant
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- battleaxeHeavy bladed war weapon
- longswordTwo-handed medieval blade
warband · chainmail · spear · shield · huscarl · thane · jarl · duel
Extended heroic narrative
- skaldNorse heroic poet
- runestoneInscribed Viking memorial stone
- kenningFigurative Norse compound
- ThingUnspecified entity or matter
mead · thrall · jarl · blood eagle · hospitality · byname
Nordic countries collectively
- DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
- SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
- IcelandNordic island republic
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
fjord · Uppsala · Jutland · Faroe Islands · Baltic · North Sea · Trondheim · Orkney
- VinlandNorse term for America
- Erik the RedNorse Greenland colonizer
- discoveryAct of finding something
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
expedition · New World · L'Anse aux Meadows · settlement · saga · pioneering · Newfoundland · wayfarers
longship
Slender Norse rowing vessel
- navigationDetermining position and course
- voyageJourney by sea
- knarrViking merchant ship
oarsmen · sail · helmsman · shipwright · coastline · raiding · trading · settlement · provisions · mariner
berserker
Fury-driven Norse combatant
- shieldmaidenFemale Norse combatant
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- battleaxeHeavy bladed war weapon
longsword · warband · chainmail · spear · shield · huscarl · thane · jarl · duel · clan
saga
Extended heroic narrative
Thing · mead · thrall · jarl · blood eagle · hospitality · byname
Scandinavia
Nordic countries collectively
- DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
- SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
- IcelandNordic island republic
Greenland · fjord · Uppsala · Jutland · Faroe Islands · Baltic · North Sea · Trondheim · Orkney · Shetland
Leif Erikson
- VinlandNorse term for America
- Erik the RedNorse Greenland colonizer
- discoveryAct of finding something
colonization · expedition · New World · L'Anse aux Meadows · settlement · saga · pioneering · Newfoundland · wayfarers · trade routes
Odin
Chief Norse deity
Ragnarok · Loki · Freyja · runes · Bifrost · Heimdall · Fenrir · Norns · Balder · Jotunheim
- Germanic peoplesGermans, Austrians, Goth, Visigoth, Ostrogoth
- Outback PlacesLeonora, Alice Springs, Uluru, Kimberley, Elliott
- Western AustraliaFremantle, Kimberley, Newman, Albany, York
- bush flyingbush pilot, bush plane, backcountry, taildragger, floatplane
- Goldfieldsgoldfields, gold mining, gold mines, prospecting, prospectors
NorsemanCelt
Ancient European tribesperson
Anglo-Saxon · Moor · Frank · Saracen · Slav