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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)I have noted that the Vikings made certain great nations—France, Great Britain, Russia—aware of their natural unity by demonstrating the geographical, economic, strategic, and political importance of cities such as Paris, London, and Kiev. They led them, by force or by what we would today call political genius, to gather around a center and become aware of their identity. It could even be argued that they gave the West a sense of its existence as a global entity: it was forced to establish a common defense and thus to reorganize itself politically, to invent stronger centralized powers... After all, the Vikings or Varangians were also familiar with the East and at least part of the southern shore of the Mediterranean. But it was in Europe that they disrupted and overturned structures, because that was where they were at home. Nothing is less barbaric, in the Greek sense of the term, than the Vikings. For various reasons, they possessed a ferment of activity and dynamism that lay dormant in the south. They came at just the right moment to breathe new life into the (Indo-)European personality.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)In der altnordischen Sprache der Skandinavier ist von zweierlei Schiffbauern die Rede, von den „Stafnasmidir", die den Kiel und die z. T. kunstvoll geschnitzten Steven schufen, und von den „filungr", jenen Männern, die mit Axt und Dechsel die Planken für den Klinkerschiffbau zurechtschlugen..." English: "In the Old Norse language of the Scandinavians, two types of shipbuilders are mentioned: the "Stafnasmidir," who created the keel and the sometimes artistically carved stems, and the "filungr", the men who used axes and adzes to cut the planks for clinker shipbuilding...
Das 1. Glied homlu- wird vom Sb. hamla 'Grummetstropp' abgeleitet - einem besonderen Stück, Tauwerk, wel-ches die Remen an den Keipen hält (> 'Schiff ohne Remen') -, 10 meist aber mit dem das Steuerruder an der Bordwand befestigende Tauwerk (stýrihamla) in Verbindung gebracht (> 'Schiff ohne Ruder'). English: "The first element homlu- is derived from the noun hamla "grommet rope" – a special piece of rope that holds the oars to the oarlocks (> "ship without oars") , 10 but is usually associated with the rope (stýrihamla) that attaches the rudder to the ship's side (> "ship without a rudder").
During the Viking Age the impact of Scandinavian Vikings in both west and east is marked. This expansion and movement would not have been possible without the iron rivets that held the clinker-built ships together; this, together with other iron objects used such as iron anchors and necessary tools are other important sources for the Viking Age demand for iron in the coastal areas of Scandinavia.
English: "The toolbox from Mästermyr has so far been dated to around the year 1000 (Roesdahl 1992,s. 251). A new look at the typological dating of several of the objects in the box may contribute to the possibility that the entire find should be redated. The tool chest contained a lead stamp pad with hourglass-shaped stamps. These stamps were in use on Gotland from the late 800s to around 1000 (Thunmark-Nylén 1973, p. 39). The axes from the find are of the 800s type. The bismer weight, on the other hand, is an object type that has traditionally been considered medieval. However, such a weight has also been found in the tool depot from Smiss, which can be dated quite precisely to around 950. This suggests that the chest from Mästermyr may date from around 950-1000.
[I]n other words, the planks were smooth and secured directly by trenails to the frames, not lashed to the frames at the cleats as in the Nydam ship. This was a change which meant much simpler and more economical boatbuilding as the thick cleats of the Nydam ship were wasteful of both wood and labour.
[I]n other words, the planks were smooth and secured directly by trenails to the frames, not lashed to the frames at the cleats as in the Nydam ship. This was a change which meant much simpler and more economical boatbuilding as the thick cleats of the Nydam ship were wasteful of both wood and labour.
the old Norse name for a luff spar which was used in Viking ships, particularly the knarr, to hold the luff of the sail taut, thus enabling the vessel to claw off to windward. A step was fitted in the vessel just forward of the mast with one or two socket holes each side, and the end of the beitass was stepped in one of these when in use.
The find is a small wooden disc shaped like a half moon. The two straight edges appear to have been broken off from a larger (perhaps circular) piece of wood. It is seven centimetres in diameter, and about one centimetre thick. The straight edges show a semi-circular cut in the middle, probably part of a hole with a diameter of about 1.8 centimetres. At the rounded outer edge on one side there are sixteen or seventeen triangular notches arranged like the compass points in later compasses, and ten of these are in fact placed at angular intervals of about 11.25°, which is the way the 32-point compass card is divided up. The remaining notches are confusing, as their division is irregular, and one may have been erased – hence the alternatives sixteen or seventeen.
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