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Category Archives: Early Period
Name Musings
My quandry over a name for my 10th century Danish persona is nothing but worse. At first I liked the name Ithunn (pronunced EYE-thewn with the “th” being aspirated as in “that”.”) Now, I am now so sure. Bob and I had intended to submit new names at Lilies but didn’t get a chance. So [...]
Posted in Early Period, SCA
Norse Names
Between all the usual goings on, Bob and I are trying to come up with new SCA names that have a Norse background. Here are my pics so far: Gerðr – The name Gerðr is from Primitive Scandinavian *garðior, or may be related to Old Icelandic gerðistún, “garden”. Arndís or Disa -dís is identical with [...]
Posted in Early Period, Life, SCA
Viking Lapbook & Schedules
Teehee! Hands of a Child has a Viking Lapbook project pack. Lapbooks are basically a way to integrate hands-on activities with a subject. We have one slated for next year so we haven’t actually done one yet. It is soooo tempting to get this one and complete over the (rapidly advancing) summer. If it weren’t [...]
Posted in Early Period, Homeschooling, Life, SCA
The Perfect Mother’s Day Dinner
Suuuuushiiiiiiiiii! Or am I the only mom who feels that way? ;P Yes, good sushi can be had in MO. A very unlikely place, nestled between a gym and tanning salon called Simma Down. Sounds very CA-esque no? When you walk in it feels very much like an upscale coffeeshop but oh man, the sushi [...]
Posted in Early Period, Life, SCA
Bluetooth
Doing a search on “10th Century Danish” this morning came up with the following nugget of info from an unexpected source… “The name “Bluetooth” is taken from the 10th century Danish King Harald Blatand – or Harold Bluetooth in English. During the formative stage of the trade association a code name was needed to name [...]
Posted in Early Period, SCA