Old Norse language

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Normandy Invasion: Omaha Beach. World War II. D-Day. Infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Facts and Figures About the Landings on Omaha Beach During the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944

Nelson Mandela, undated photo.

15 Nelson Mandela Quotes

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

Old Norse language: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Old Icelandic language

Topics

Proto-Scandinavian language Old Scandinavian language valknut Scandinavian languages Norwegian language Swedish language Danish language Icelandic language Faroese language

Key People

Rask, detail of a lithograph

Rasmus Rask

Danish language scholar

Gudbrandur Vigfússon

Icelandic linguist

Sophus Bugge

Norwegian philologist

Munch, Peter Andreas

Peter Andreas Munch

Norwegian historian

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Hand with pencil writing on page. (handwriting; write)

Word Nerd Quiz