Norse (Viking) Burial, 10th century Iceland (The Outlaw)

Scene is from the film The Outlaw, which I don't own any rights to. But it's well-known as one of the most accurate depictions of Norse society to have been made, and I think this scene is particularly interesting.

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[@fartz3808]

Many women in iceland at the time are actually abducted Irish women and not Norse at all lol

[@slubert]

Let me directly translate this: ,,Ekki kann ég skó að binda, ef þessir losna" "not can I shoes (to) bind, if these loosen" as if "if they get loose/go off.

[@solla9486]

My dad loves this movie, he can probably quote the whole thing by heart.

[@flamah10n]

Wow!

[@nadiaminerva]

I cant find it to stream. Can you tell me anything more about it like maybe the year it was made or any actors in it at all? Thanks in advance

[@solla9486]

@@nadiaminerva Yeah, it's called The Outlaw or Útlaginn in icelandic and it's about the story of Gísli Súrsson. It's on youtube, just search Útlaginn, it's the 1 hour 40 minute video uploaded by patrick69695.

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@@nadiaminerva Your Playlists are amazing.

[@flamah10n]

Oh dude, i love these classic movies, really simple, without any VFX or....(damn it I forgot the name of what i was to writte) 🤦‍♂️

[@bljoemen1499]

Could you make a video about dutch please? Something about the sound of middledutch

[@Rebeyvapara]

I know this poem from Wardruna's song Helvegen, seems it was very used for funerals back then

[@Robert.Stole.the.Television]

Watched that baga midau video so many times I kept expecting them to sing it over his grave

[@greenergrass4060]

I always thought they put the bodies in ships with all of their belongings and set it afire?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

There were a variety of traditions, and that one is very poorly attested

[@josephclout3633]

That's a very common misconception and there really isn't a lot of evidence for it. Sadly, TV shows like 'Vikings' don't do a whole lot for realistic depictions of Vikings, their ways and customs. Ship burial on land, however, has a lot of evidence for it in Germanic and Scandinavian groups of this age. Here in the UK we have viking ship burials on the Isle of Man and Sanday on one of the Orkney Islands. Pagan era Saxons were also buried in this manner. In Sutton Hoo a 1,400 year old king of East Anglia (most likely King Raedwald) was buried in a 27m oak ship with a lot of his possessions.

[@Saltiren]

I heard this as well but referring to tribes in Ladoga in modern day Russia. It may be some hybrid eastern tradition of the Rus Vikings

[@BurnBird1]

@@josephclout3633 Vikings is basically a fantasy show. Sure, the sagas might not be completely historically accurate themselves, but Vikings goes out of the way to have essentially nothing it presents correspond to reality, outside of the most basic aspects such as "This probably existed and died".

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@@josephclout3633 Burning was very popular in the Kievan Rus

[@wintermatter]

I've been wondering, is there an Icelandic dialect that's closer to Old Norse than standard Icelandic?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

They're all exactly 700 years different from Old Norse

[@henryleonardi5368]

ABAlphaBeta im assuming they meant in terms of conservative/innovative

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@henryleonardi5368 they did, and those terms are linguistically meaningless

[@wintermatter]

@@ABAlphaBeta How so? If a language/dialect is using grammar or vocabulary that hasn't changed as much as other contemporary derivatives from the same root language, it would make sense to say the language/dialect in question is more conservative, wouldn't it?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@wintermatter No, it absolutely wouldn't. Because the same time has passed, and the grammar and vocabulary have unavoidably changed.

[@marolibez]

0:55 Was Luke Skywalker a Viking?

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

No

[@swinhelm389]

I had the same thought when I watched this movie.

[@flamah10n]

Olá,conterrâneo BR?

[@AnyaKittyMeow]

I love Iceland

[@andrew_mb]

Hail the Victorious Dead!

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[@ugotdusted]

I can’t tell if the guy is alive or dead?

[@LelaMi79]

Gislis Saga

[@versain6760]

are they speaking old norse?

[@BurnBird1]

It's Icelandic, you can hear the distinct TL sound when he says Valhalla, which wasn't present in Old Norse

[@slubert]

@@BurnBird1 Because they are saying the word Valhöll (nominative) or saying "til Valhallar" (to Val..) in the genetive case.

[@BurnBird1]

@@slubert In what way is that relevant?

[@slubert]

@@BurnBird1 I thought, that you thought, that you heard the word "Valhalla" with that TL sound in the double LL but i wanted to point out the icelandic further.

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Idiot.

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@@slappy8941 :((((

[@TarkTheConlanger]

HOI

[@AnyaKittyMeow]

so cool !

[@blakops000007]

so they didn't burn him?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Don't forget Scandinavian practices span 1500 years before becoming entirely in sync with the Christian world, several cultures and ethnicities. It would be impossible for every single Scandinavian to be burnt, and there were differences from Scanian tribe to Scanian tribe, let alone countries like Iceland and through time (these are nominally Christians, though it's the telling of a Pagan legend admittedly)

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@@ABAlphaBeta makes sense, given how trees are rarer in Iceland.

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@blakops000007 Not necessarily a factor, given he's buried in a wooden boat, which would take days if not weeks of work compared to finding a tree

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@@ABAlphaBeta so would you say this movie is historically accurate? Do you recommend it?

[@slubert]

@@blakops000007 it's pretty accurate to my knowledge.

[@RearedThree]

Do Old Tagalog please

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Ac Valhalla

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I was waiting for the human sacrifice.