Finnbogi's Saga

[@TheAntiburglar]

"Fight me, beary" is possibly the best sentence I've ever heard in my life.

[@nikthetrickster9948]

"Oh if you come any closer you'll have to face all my friends, rock, rock and rock!" -Finnbogi

[@kyrieT418]

Thanks for your continuing work to present well researched academic content to all people.

[@LSEXTON]

As Finnbogi progresses through his extraordinary life as hero, he grows emotionally to the place of standing with and protecting others. Which eventually leads to his ability of bringing these feuding men into harmony. -His remaining years are spent in peace with a good reputation. A worthy saga! Thanks for this!

[@shewearswoolsocks2883]

Morning coffee and a saga...perfect!

[@Hwyadylaw]

I suspected *bessi* was related to the Swedish word *bjässe*, and that also seems to be the generally accepted etymology. Generally it means "a big one" or "a powerful/great man", but dialectally it still apparently still has an association with bears. Norwegian also apparently has "basse", specifically meaning a big man.

[@anon3336]

"Basse" also exists in Danish. "Det var en ordentlig basse"xD

[@wendynordstrom3487]

Lots of excitement and bear killing. Thanks for the story, Dr. Crawford. And I love your raven friend!

[@delanebredvik]

Brilliant footage of the Raven's nest!

[@BabydollnHearts]

This man is so adorable! Love all his videos! Thank you Dr.Crawford for spreading your vast knowledge.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Stand up and fight, Teddy!

[@kaptnhansenpresidentjamaic9577]

„No one will believe that this beautiful child is ours, because *you* are ugly.“

[@theodoricthegoth4027]

That was fantastic

[@angelachouinard4581]

Wow! It's the first time I'm so early. Proof I need more time off. Especially since this saga sounds like so much fun I'll have to read it in full. Thanks for encouraging my vices.

[@LadyValkyri]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom and expertise! I ordered a Valkyrie statue from Grimfrost, and I'm so happy that I did. Thank you, Grimfrost, for sponsoring this incredible man and channel.

[@jamesmills4850]

Huh! He lived happily ever after? Neat.

[@gruu]

What I like about these sagas even though some characters do have supernatural abilities & the heroes incredible strength & luck, they are always human in their ways. They error, make mistakes and live on farms, they have to resolve issues at the "thing" etc. Makes it much more down to earth and interesting

[@aaronhawkins6365]

You should get a small clip on mic so you can increase your voice volume. In some videos it is quite hard to hear you over the sound of the wind. Thanks for the great content you put out.

[@paulaunger3061]

He does have one in some of his vids - maybe it's broken.

[@darraghchapman]

Fun fact: Irish uses 'blue man' (fear gorm) as black man too :)

[@kirkbrown1267]

Thank you

[@paulaunger3061]

Really enjoyed this. I find the sagas a bit too much to read, so it's lovely to have a summary. And I love your versions of the stories and the explanations of the language as you go along. You do have a beautiful speaking voice, it's such a pleasure to listen to. And I love the intro and outro of this video! Cool new bit of the intro with the gunslinger bit - love that you include that, because that's a big part of you - and the unobstructed view of your sign-off, tipped hat included! And that lovely sequence at the end with the raven. Such a beautful bird. Love that you moved the video link cards around so we could see it - also helped to focus on the raven and its nest as well :) This is definitely one of my favourite videos - thank you!

[@helenacitronparfait5896]

fint berättat, tack!

[@RobertKaucher]

You need to learn chess and create an opening with that name!

[@helenacitronparfait5896]

@@RobertKaucher ha ha! :)

[@Hermopathic]

I have a friend from Iceland called Finnbogi and clicked on this video out of curiosity. I know there’s a “g” but his name is pronounced like Finnboy

[@nikthetrickster9948]

Probably because of modern Icelandic, old Norse would be pronounced Finnbogi as is pronounced in this video

[@tajmahalfred]

13:47 Pleased to say that my Patreon supporter's Christmas card included the notes for this part of the story as a bit of lagniappe. Maybe a bit of a name appropriate choice For non-Patreon viewers, give it a look

[@badgerpa9]

Good story time thanks.

[@huskyxopowo2605]

Speculation and dissertations? I should look that up. Thanks for your teaching agenda.

[@ErikHolten]

How remarkable that name is , "Urðarkottr". Because there is already a native cat of the scree, or rock heaps, in the Nordic wildlife nomenclature: The hermine, or _røyskatt._ Often the word for a scree, _ei ur,_ is used synonymously with _ei røys_ in modern Norwegian. Is the name Urðarkottr supposed to be evoking ferret-like connotations?

[@Kasarii]

Could well be. Names like Bear, Horse and Otter were common enough, Ermine wouldn't be too out of place.

[@MandatoryHandle]

This seems very plausible! As far as I know Swedish and Danish has no word particularly similar to "røyskatt", as they call it a lekatt/lækat (which has a very similar meaning). In Icelandic however there is a very similar word for this creature -- "hreysiköttur", from "hreyskǫttr" -- and a quick google search seems to imply that Urðarkǫttr was indeed an Old West Scandinavian word for this creature according to the book "Aspects of Language: Geolinguistics" by Mario Alinei

[@ErikHolten]

@@MandatoryHandle ​ Aha! Thank you very much for googling that for us!

[@andyknowles772]

Saga-Rama-Dingdong!

[@jacobandrews2663]

Are there any videos on this channel explaining the character "Lóðurr"

[@rynophobia331]

Yeah he has. Its most likely another name for Loki

[@huntersfavbandana]

2:13 ok, that was pretty cool.

[@nunyubiznezz]

Brandr...that was our name!!!

[@stoner84x]

Cool hat✌️👍👍👍

[@hallyouneedislove1863]

Is there a rune for fimbulvetr

[@lakrids-pibe]

The real origin of Mowgli

[@finnericson4392]

"finnboy" 👍😎

[@etepeteseat7424]

Icelandic sagas: Come for the superhero action story, stay for the artsy and deeply human family drama Oscar bait.

[@digitalbrentable]

I was thinking the opposite, actually - most sagas don't follow modern storytelling conventions, so they often come off as kind of incoherent, alternating between moments of heavy handed symbolism and metaphor, to more naturalistic drama, some misplaced mundane anecdotes, random cameos, plot twists, plot contrivances, intense melodrama and lighthearted farce, all with humour grounded in foreign sensibilities. I reckon it wouldn't fare the transition into film or tv drama well. But do you know what all that kind of *does* sound like? Anime. Not normally my cup of tea, but I would watch Viking Shonen.

[@christy734]

En Gódr Drengr.

[@tamerofhorses2200]

Is it possible for you to look at the story of Nornagestr in the future?

[@Zippythewondersquirrel]

I don’t think he looks at these comments. You might try contacting him a different way.

[@janevioletmars]

Hope he didn't look 80 when he was 40....