CLT3378 Mythology Exam 3 Questions and Answers

CLT3378 Mythology Exam 3 Questions and Answers Norse - ANS ️️ the Norwegian language, especially in its medieval form Viking - ANS ️️ any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries ______ were Norse seafarers (sailors), mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who during the late 8th to late 11th centuries, raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of Europe, and explored westwards to Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland In 793 CE the ________ burst into the European consciousness. The wealthy monastery of Lindisfarne off the northern coast of England was plundered by Scandinavian raiders in that year, and the rest of Europe took notice The word ________ probably means "raider" or "pirate"; it is a pejorative (disapproving) term applied to Scandinavians by the victims of their piracy Essentially, by "________" scholars today just mean a person from medieval Scandinavia in the years 800-1000 (Prose Edda)