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Pettytyrant101 wrote:York where up to 60% of the male population showed signs of Scandinavian ancestry.- Bluebottle

Im a bit surprised by that (though not much as I know there was a big Scandinavian influence there) but I would have thought Orkney or Shetland would be higher.

The Viking connection in York is massive, theres the Jorvic Viking Centre,

They say;

At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site of one of the most famous and astounding discoveries of modern archaeology. Between the years 1976-81 archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of Jorvik as it stood nearly 1,000 years ago. These incredible discoveries enabled us to build the JORVIK Viking Centre on the very site where the excavations had taken place, creating a groundbreaking visitor experience that enabled you to experience life in Viking-Age York.

Yes I know the presence there was massive but its in a wider mainland population, whereas on Orkney its a small island population, so I would have expected a higher percent of the people there to be descended from Norwegians, as its a confined population compared to Newcastle that has not changed anything like as much in the intervening years.

Norc wrote:

Bluebottle wrote:

Amarië wrote:Horribrekslande

 I think I have to go and get my dictionary.

Let me know what u find in the dictionary.

Mine had no idea. Maybe we should ask Halfwise, he seems to have the hang of this translation lark.

I don't really know either to be honest.   Ooooh Halfie?

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Yes I know the presence there was massive but its in a wider mainland population, whereas on Orkney its a small island population, so I would have expected a higher percent of the people there to be descended from Norwegians, as its a confined population compared to Newcastle that has not changed anything like as much in the intervening years.

Yeah, both places where strongholds for it I think.

England (and most of mainland Scotland) were a mixture of Angles, Saxons, Danish Vikings and Ancient Britons. The highest percentage of DNA signatures from the invading groups (Angles, Saxons and Danish Vikings) was found in the North and East of England. Interestingly the place with the highest 'invader input' was York, a well-known Viking settlement site. There was one result in the North and East of England which did not fit this pattern. In Penrith a significant proportion of the men tested had Norwegian DNA signatures on their Y chromosomes. It seems likely that the Norwegian Vikings who travelled along the sea road from Shetland down to the Isle of Man may well have stopped off in Cumbria. It may also have been a safe haven for Vikings expelled from Dublin at the beginning of the 10th century. This finding fits in remarkably well with archaeological finds of Viking burials, Norse-style place-names and stone sculpture. wrote:

And Orkney and the Hebrides:

The outlying Scottish isles provided the most conclusive evidence of a Viking presence. In the Northern and Western Isles, as well as in the far north of the Scottish mainland, Norwegian genetic signatures were found. In Shetland and Orkney 60% of the male population had DNA of Norwegian origin, most probably passed on from the Vikings. Here the Y chromosomes of the rest of the population could be identified as similar to those of the Ancient Britons (Celts) - no evidence of an Anglo-Saxon or Danish influx was found. In the Western Isles traces of Norwegian settlers were also prominent, although not in quite such high numbers as in the Northern Isles. Over 30% of the men tested in the Hebrides showed evidence of Norwegian ancestry in their DNA. The DNA results supported the historical and archaeological record, which shows the Vikings travelling from Norway across to the Northern Isles of Scotland, then around the west coast and into the Irish Sea. wrote:

http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=53454

Amarië wrote:I don't really know either to be honest.   Ooooh Halfie?

 

'Horribrekslande' = 'the land of horrid bricks'

I don't know where it is, but I wouldn't buy a house there.

halfwise wrote:'Horribrekslande' = 'the land of horrid bricks'

I don't know where it is, but I wouldn't buy a house there.

 

 

You have my vote halfwise.

that sounds accurate.


can u try translate 


dæven han tykje inni svarteste hælvette?

 

I'm loving the swearing.  

We had the first snow of the season today! Apparently, anyway. Around 7:30 am I was shelving at the bookstore and people who were coming in announced very excitedly that it was snowing. But I was nowhere near a window, being deep into the shelves, and by the time I got near a window again it had stopped, and no snow had layered. Still, hopefully this is a sign of a snowy winter to come, since it's rare for there to be any snow this early in Maryland, especially in recent years.

aaaw  fingers crossed you'll get snow soon ^^ it rained here today.. so it was slippery as hell O_O totally wore the wrong shoes, BUT! i didn't fall

Bluebottle wrote: 

I'm loving the swearing.  

thanx ^^

Norc wrote:aaaw  fingers crossed you'll get snow soon ^^ it rained here today.. so it was slippery as hell O_O totally wore the wrong shoes, BUT! i didn't fall

Thanks Norc! Stay safe up there. Although I would have thought that you'd entered your annual Ice Age by now.

Here's a kindred spirit of yours norc.  



(Ikke at jeg ikke er helt enig selv, men det ligger vel kanskje litt mer naturlig for en med nord-norsk dialekt )

Shame about the snow Eldo, we had the same thing here a couple of weeks ago. It snowed for one whole evening. Haven't seen any of it since.

As long as it's snowing on Christmas Eve and there's a fire going in the fireplace I'm happy Though I would like to see the snow coming to stay soon, I'm very much looking forward to go skiing again

It hasn't snowed over Christmas here for several years. And to be able to ski on non-artificial snow I have to drive north a few hundred miles.

Skiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!

Ah, I love cross-country skiing!

Yeah.. Not uphill though  but slalom is the best

Uphill skiing? Here we just use ski lifts.

Bluebottle wrote:Here's a kindred spirit of yours norc.  



(Ikke at jeg ikke er helt enig selv, men det ligger vel kanskje litt mer naturlig for en med nord-norsk dialekt )

This is gold, love his arguments

Eldorion wrote:Uphill skiing?  Here we just use ski lifts.

Not in cross-country, u dumbass, we can put ski lifts EVERYWHERE....