Judith Jesch

All weather is good weather - variety and diversity make life interesting.

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The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

And to all of us.

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

But quite a few Ragnas mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/4792

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

Even fewer Kalis mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/3419 I guess they all changed their name to Rögnvaldr mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/5020

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

Not a lot of us Judiths in Iceland... mannanofn.arnastofnun.is/nafn/3361

Nöfn Íslendinga Í Nöfnum Íslendinga er fjallað um sex þúsund íslensk mannanöfn – nöfn sem Íslendingar hafa borið í aldanna rás og allt til nútímans. Bókin er er jöfnum höndum fræðirit og uppflettirit sem kom áður út ...

As a writer, one of the most useful books I own is Nöfn Íslendinga (The Names of Icelanders). It lists, in alphabetical order, all the names that Icelanders have ever born*. It's so useful when naming characters and it's now online!

*A precedent does not mean that the name would be allowed now.

Just realised, they are not Replying All, but replying to a list. And haven't read the bit in the email that gives them the email address to reply to. Who said academics could read?

No doubt about it, the Eddic poem Þrymskviða, both funnest and funniest.

Haven't had one of those for ages! 🤣

Chingford has long been recognised as the natural home for English eschatologists.

Memories of County Durham...

Pity Me – really? - SNSBI Many place-names are deceptive, so it's not surprising that many people have assumed that the striking name Pity Me (best known from County Durham, but found more widely) can't really be what it seems...

Many place-names are deceptive, so it’s not surprising that many people have assumed that the striking place-name Pity Me can’t really be what it seems. What is it, though?
Today's name story is written by Emeritus Professor Diana Whaley of @newcastleuni.bsky.social.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...

I wonder how many 100s of 1000s of people in the UK have an O' surname?

O'Dear

Oppdaga kvalross på kaia i Kristiansund: – Det er ikkje daglegdags Søndag har det blitt observert kvalross både i Kristiansund og på Tofterøy utanfor Bergen. Biolog seier det er sjeldan at dei kjem så langt sør.

#Walrus on tour in #Norway www.nrk.no/mr/johan-mal...

My pics from the same area when we visited in May 2025.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

Maybe some more suggestions here: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Excited to announce that I have started my Humboldt Research Fellowship! After four months in Freiburg at the Goethe-Institut,I will return to Tübingen for two years to work on my project “Routes of Narration: Domestic travel in the Íslendingasögur.” Looking forward to this project!

Dearest Cassidy, congratulations once again and enjoy this next phase of your career!

Field-names?

Svipptur til Dubai i vetterferien, ja. Eg trur me kann ha litt høgre skatt. Og flyavgifter.

I reckon Cuthbert wants us to admire him! And we do. 🐕

Oh wow, lucky you! Lots of place-names, I guess?

Meet the Skaill head at dig talk in Rousay community room Folk in Rousay will get an update on the ongoing UHI Archaeology Institute excavation at Skaill farm next week, with a talk scheduled for Monday, February 9.

Folk in Rousay will get an update on the ongoing UHI Archaeology Institute excavation at Skaill farm next week, with a talk scheduled for Monday, February 9.

Bright and breezy illustration of three daffodils painted on a simple, grey background

St David's Day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

Artist: H Woolley (1954)

There’s a lot going on right now, but remember letters are a quiet and beautiful way to build relationships, and postboxes are the magical portals that help transport them. If you’re feeling a bit like this cat, click on #PostboxSaturday for the purrfect (sorry) antidote. 🥰📮🐱

Congratulations to @jk-viking.bsky.social !

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