Viking Vocabulary

What is the correct definition for 'Futhark'?

• Characters of vertical and diagonal lines that made up the Viking alphabet, the Futhark.

• The Viking alphabet, made up of runes.

• In Viking legend, the castle of Odin, the god of war.

• All the above

What is the correct definition for 'Fjord'?

• The Viking alphabet, made up of runes.

• One who believes in many gods, relating to any religion which is not Christian, Jewish or Muslim.

• A man in a Viking community respected as an effective leader and elected to power

• Long narrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs

What is the definition for 'Runes'?

• Characters of vertical and diagonal lines that made up the Viking alphabet, the Futhark.

• The Viking alphabet, made up of runes.

• Believing in a number of different gods and goddesses.

• In Viking legend, the castle of Odin, the god of war.

What is the definition for 'Drott'?

• A law that the Danes established in areas of England they controlled in the ninth and tenth centuries; also the name for the region of England under Danish control.

• A distance from the waterline to the bottom of a ship’s keel/hull

• A man in a Viking community respected as an effective leader and elected to power

• A payment demanded by Vikings in return for not attacking towns or cities.

What is the definition for 'Pagan'?

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  Believing in a number of different gods and goddesses.

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  Long narrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs

• One who believes in many gods, relating to any religion which is not Christian, Jewish or Muslim.

• None of the above

What is the definition for 'longhouse'?

• A payment demanded by Vikings in return for not attacking towns or cities.

• Believing in a number of different gods and goddesses.

• A man in a Viking community respected as an effective leader and elected to power

• A rectangular stone or timber building where the Vikings lived; they have rounded corners that were around 15-25 metres long and 5 metres wide.

What is the definition of 'Valkyries'?

• Legendary women whom the Vikings believed rode the battlefields to collect dead warriors and take them to Valhalla.

• In Viking legend, the castle of Odin, the god of war

• A payment demanded by Vikings in return for not attacking towns or cities.

• All of the above

What is the definition of 'longships'?

• None of the below

• A rectangular stone or timber building where the Vikings lived; they have rounded corners that were around 15-25 metres long and 5 metres wide.

• Viking warships that were fitted with a large sail for open sea voyages and oars for river and coastal travel. They could move at 15-20 kilometres per hour.

• A law that the Danes established in areas of England they controlled in the ninth and tenth centuries; also the name for the region of England under Danish control.

What is the definition for 'Valhalla'?

• In Viking legend, the castle of Odin, the god of war

• Legendary women whom the Vikings believed rode the battlefields to collect dead warriors and take them to Valhalla.

• Believing in a number of different gods and goddesses.

• Long narrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs

What is the definition for 'Danegeld'?

• A man in a Viking community respected as an effective leader and elected to power.

• A law that the Danes established in areas of England they controlled in the ninth and tenth centuries; also the name for the region of England under Danish control.

• A payment demanded by Vikings in return for not attacking towns or cities.

• A distance from the waterline to the bottom of a ship’s keel/hull.