To build a Viking ship the Viking way

Jan Vogt Knutsen (osebergvikingarv.no) talks to Jackson Crawford about building not just a replica Viking ship today, but building it by the exact Viking-Age method too.
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[@bronson4574]

It'd be funny if Jackson walked around Oslo speaking Old Norse to people lol

[@TheRedleg69]

Like Luke Ranieri lol

[@Hooga89]

I'm surprised he understands modern Norwegian so well, Old Norse, even if you're an expert at it, is so distant from modern Norwegian that it might actually be a negative to know Old Norse very well.

[@tf5]

@@Hooga89 He has studied all scandinavian languages, and has done a couple of video's comparing them to one another aswell.

[@Hooga89]

@@Charlie-br8wp Sure, and I have studied Japanese so much that I can actually read it, but it can still be hard for me to follow a conversation. Reading, listening and speaking are 3 different skills after all.

[@koffski93]

@@Hooga89 Jan who is interviewed in the video speaks both slowly and very easy to understand norwegian dialect, at least in the clip. But it is quite close to sweden so I guess that is why it is easy for me to understand as a swede. Some norwegian dialects can be quite hard to understand. There are swedish dialects that are much harder for me to understand.

[@TheMikeBravo]

Somehow Jackson manages to speak Norwegian, Danish and Swdish at the same damn time. Im impressed. Caught me seriously offguard haha

[@thomasdoubting]

Ha! As a swedishman, listning to *Norvegian* and reading *English* subtitles was fun! ❤

[@outcastcwd]

In 1974, Robert Asp started work on a viking ship replica in the basement of a potato warehouse in Hawley, Minnesota... In 1982, that ship; the Hjemkomst, sailed from New York to Oslo. I knew Robert Asp, and I was able to explore that ship while it was being built when I was young. The Hjemkomst is now permanently housed in it's own museum (The Hjemkomst Center) in Moorhead Minnesota.... You should check it out! Sköl!

[@Yfreyr]

Skål,it is😊

[@outcastcwd]

@@Yfreyr Indeed! .....I blame my phone's tiny keypad...🤪

[@hive_indicator318]

I see why he's doing the old methods, as well. it's what makes it unique. and amazing

[@rogerforsman5064]

It is also Experimental archaeology that you try to figure out plausible technique and tools! In many cases there are little documentation of how they did it!

[@General_Popo]

If I ever time travel through ancient Scandinavia, I'm taking these 2 men with me.

[@GeezNutz]

These people are doing a great service to living history. I love seeing this.

[@christopherbergedahl5304]

Jackson er så flink på norsk! Vil gjerne se flere videoer som ligner på denne.

[@hin_hale]

Instämmer! Det är så roligt att se och höra!

[@kbjerke]

Oh, and congratulations on your Finnish Brutality competition!

[@Tbrekke]

Det er skikkelig gøy å høre deg snakke norsk! Fantastisk blanding av islandsk-/norrøn- og midwestern fonetikk!

[@robbabcock_]

Fantastic stuff! I love this kind of living archeology. I love the way he says they're studying the methods, getting a ship out of it is a bonus!

[@TrondBrgeKrokli]

Cool to hear you speak Norwegian, as well as pointing out that some expressions can be a bit tricky to translate from English to Norwegian (or vice versa). "Wishing you all the best" is probably closest to "Ønsker deg alt godt" (literal meaning "wishing you all that is good"). Thank you for giving me this opportunity to reflect on that phrase.

[@frostflaggermus]

"Ønsker deg alt det beste" hadde nok også fungert greit. (Eller så oversetter jeg det litt for bokstavelig)

[@Chyrre]

I'm from Oslo, and I went sailing to Tønsberg on the way south these summers, and you can see the guys working there, live outside, and the ships that are built are there in the water next to those being built, pretty cool

[@simenb]

Fantastisk å se at kulturarven vår holdes i live! Takk til deg Jackson, som sprer så mye engasjement rundt norsk historie og kultur!

[@Knackebrodz]

Such dedicated craftsmen. Hälsningar från Skara.

[@hjaltalinator]

Fra fagre Norge, ha' det 🤪

[@JeKeScy]

My norwegian prof at university came from Tømsberg so I'm pretty happy to see you went there, for it is a very important city (I mean, it's the oldest) in the country. It seems to be so beautiful, and I love the fact that they really embraced the "viking heritage" and went building langskip. One summer I'll go see my teacher there and visit the city. I'm pretty happy to be able to understand everything that is said, I still struggle with western accents (though I really had no problem in Stavanger, strangely enough), but well, I learnt Tønsberg/Oslo dialect and accent so...

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Love this Nordic tour you're on.

[@kbjerke]

Awesome to see some of my forgotten heritage revealed. Thanks, Jackson!

[@jae696]

Really interesting video. As a swede that never really interacts with the norwegian language or norwegians i could still mostly understand the video, apart from the technical words about shipbuilding which i do not even know in swedish lol.

[@larsjonsson7881]

Trevligt när Dr Crawford talar nordiska språk i skandinavien. Hoppas att han snart blir professor i Uppsala!

[@ThorirLenvik]

I didn't know that you were in Tønsberg, Dr Crawford! I hope you have a great time! I've been a lot at the vikingship yard. I really love the place and sailing with the ships! Jan Knutsen is an amazingly skilled builder of replicas of viking age artefacts, particularly ships and boats, but they have made an amazing copy of the ceremonial wagon from the Oseberg mound as well! Bygginga av "Saga Oseberg" var i stor grad en dugnadsinnsats. Selv om det var svært gode trebåtbyggere, som Jan og andre, arkeologer fra Oslo og Roskilde og andre, som styrte byggeprosessen. We travelled with the ship to Roskilde Vikingeskipsmuseum, in 2015 to get the final round of adjustment of the ballast and sailing properties done, as the Danes had been doing this kind of craftsmanship for many years ! But, the Norwegian "knarresmedar" have been thought to build wooden clinker built ships, both from the West and Northern Norwegian tradition, going back to the early medieval times and the study of old wrecks and tools found in excavations in Norway, The British Isles and Ireland. I find it amazing that the tradition for the use of square sails on smaller ships actually survived both the Latino rigging and the steam and diesel engines! Håper du har hatt mange nye og interessante opplevelser på denne turen innom Norden!

[@FiikusMaximus]

Look at dr. Crawford with the cowboy accent! Very cool, john Wayne I envy your language skills.

[@alr818]

Good job speaking Norwegian. I’m Norwegian and was understanding everything you said.

[@MsMoha76]

Good to see you in Norway Jackson and by the way: du er veldig flink til å snakke norsk :-)

[@Goldenhawk583]

I live in Tønsberg... wish I had been there that day, lol

[@ksbrook1430]

I enjoyed hearing the conversation in Norwegian; with the English subtitles, of course.

[@liamgibson8602]

Its so funny seeing Jackson speak actual conversational Norwegian in this case. I don't know why lol.

[@Sqarmot28]

ive been to that viking ship museum twice. incredible work they did to build those ships. inspiring

[@buff34x]

I was hoping we were going to get some content from different countries over there while you were visiting Finland.

[@bjarnitryggvason7866]

Love the commitment to craftmanship they show.

[@ScribbleKith]

Cool video! And, subtitles appear perfectly accurate to me - an average Norwegian person.

[@aesir1ases64]

Nice! This man is a legend!

[@Lurklen]

That shirt is wild, kept getting lost in it. It's a good look though. I love this kind of work, takes a certain kind of passion to replicate the works of the past in such detail. Especially when such projects can take so long. It's a kind of dedication I find admirable. It is good they find the work more rewarding than the end result.

[@BeerAndBeards]

I am lucky that the Draken Harald Hårfagre is docked in Mystic Seaport in CT. It was such a cool experience to check it out in person.

[@Robin_Goodfellow]

Dr Crawford, like Odin, seems to be wandering all over the place these days

[@ErikHolten]

Linguistics, culture studies and now engineering!

[@duff0120]

im norwegian and i didnt know jackson could speak norwegian

[@critterhighland8427]

Wow! How awesome. So very

[@PalleRasmussen]

You really should visit Roskilde...

[@revylokesh1783]

Yes! Back in 2006 I spent a 2 days in Roskilde, and the Vikingship museum is utterly fantastic! Definetly want to take my wife and kids there one day. Also, Lerje is closeby, so that's a plus.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@revylokesh1783 the new reconstruction of a royal hall there is beautiful. And my old friend G...o leads the ship guild 😀

[@revylokesh1783]

@@PalleRasmussen I have really fond memories of that trip: we were a bunch of archaeology students. First Hedheby, then Vejle, then Roskilde, Lerje, and then Copenhagen. Camping 10m from the waterfront in the Roskildefjord was especially memorable.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@revylokesh1783 it sounds like someone prepared a really nice trip for you. Where did you study?

[@revylokesh1783]

@@PalleRasmussen Freiburg in Germany. My major was actually archeology of the Near-East (Mesopotamia) but I had Prehistoric archeology as a minor subject, and that was the same institute as Medieval archeology, so I had the chance to attend that trip, even though Vikings had nothing to do with my studies. (Well, the Hjortspring boat did and the Ertebølle culture too, considering their age, but those aren't viking at all)

[@awetaiwan]

freakin GREAT video. thx for all the translations Jackson!

[@pacceli2009]

Norwegian just sounds so good. Beautiful language.

[@Stephen-N]

It's pretty easy to learn btw, I got to a stage I could talk with people over there (mostly) in a few months of just learning myself. Lovely country too and nice people

[@pacceli2009]

@@Stephen-N I've been to Oslo and Bergen, most beautiful place I've ever been. After that I started reading Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla. Do you have any tips, or books I can buy to teach myself? I'm Brazilian if it helps.

[@Stephen-N]

@@pacceli2009 yeah Oslo is amazing, haven't been to bergen but that's where I want to go next. And to be honest it will probably be harder for you if English (or any germanic language) isn't your first but if you've learnt English it should be easier than that. I used apps mostly but there is a website you can use that let's you talk with tutors and things which isn't too expensive

[@pacceli2009]

@@Stephen-N I will search for it. English to me is as easy as Portuguese, I hope it will make things easier. If you go to Bergen, make sure to visit the fjords, and Fantoft stavkirke.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Depends on the dialect and the speaker. We have many ugly ones🤣🤣🤣 We have hundreds if not thousands of different dialects here in Norway…

[@Zorous]

This is so cool!

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

That's awesome!!! I need to get over there and see the museums and that project apart from other sites around the country. Tusen Takk!

[@windoffire7462]

Fascinating

[@vodkalover4204]

I was here a year ago and I can't wait to move there

[@frodehagen8690]

I think your norwegian was ok. Had no problems understanding what you said.. Well done :-)

[@narutodayo]

Very cool. Also, very cool shirt.

[@fredbrenno]

My home town :-) Tønsberg, Norges eldste by iflg Snorre :-) Kult å se at du snakker så bra norsk. Interessant video, Jackson !

[@jpilegaaard1278]

Dr. Jackson tak for dine fantastiske videor….fra en dansker

[@f4u5tus]

conversational v. studied amazing that you got to go experience this

[@casthedemon]

It's crazy how similar to English this language is. Even without subtitles I'd be able to understand the gist. And I'm American lmao.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Because they are both Germanic? Without the Norwegian and Danish vikings there wouldn’t even be any English language…

[@casthedemon]

@@kilipaki87oritahiti that's false lmao.

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Cool, I was just in Tønsberg😄 Didn't know about his project though. I think there's something similar going on in Sandefjord too.

[@rbnlenin]

Kjempefin norsk Jackson

[@anthonygiaconia7880]

Cool.

[@Friendly4twenty]

Your Norwegian is great!! Something I found interesting is that you said "Nett nu" at 2:32, as opposed to "Akkurat nå". Where did you pick up on this? As a Norwegian I understand Nett nu, but I have never actually heard a Norwegian say it. Thank you!

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Er ikke det bare dialekt, eller et gammeldags ord? Hørt eldre bruke det, til og med mine egne foreldre. Spesielt hvis de skal sitere gamle ordtak osv.

[@greyareaRK1]

Imagine having to apologise to a Norwegian because you only speak an ancient form of their language. Fem mannen, fem års (practicing my beginner Norsk), and presumably the process will be documented, and maybe a book? Also a work of art as a byproduct of the process.

[@mgradin]

Very cool! @Jackson you have never been or visited Norway/Sweden before?

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

Hello professor Crawford, I have a couple questions: 1. Are the syllabic consonants of English in any way related to those found in earlier languages or are they a new phenomenon? 2. How sure are we (in comparison to the rest of the reconstruction) that sillabic consonants in PIE stemmed from the loss of laryngeals and how impossible would it be for sillabyc ū and ī to chronologically coexist with the laryngeal series? Because if h2 was a pharyngeal, we'd have a spookily similar setup as Semitic languages - ū and ī as allophones of w and j, and ā as allophone of ʕ

[@8bitRemakes]

I gotta suggest a visit to the viking museum at Berg (in Lofoten), but I suppose you've heard of it an/or been there already. I heard you use a Danish word in here, though otherwise the Norwegistanian is pretty much perfect (as expected)

[@user-zk5uj3wh5h]

Im very interested in what he said regarding the roots. Ive studied thge making of ships before for planning to make one aswell but never come across this. Anyone know where i can read more about it?

[@mjackstewart]

In Oslo, are you practicing your Ostnorsk?

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Ost is cheese in Norwegian btw🤣🤣🤣 And yes I know you meant -Ø, which you aka Østnorsk, don’t have in English nor on your keyboard.

[@robertjensen1438]

Just a comment for the algorithm

[@Floki__Vilgerdarson]

Artig ❤

[@angrybeard9942]

Jag visste inte att du kunde prata modern norska!

[@draenesteron]

Norwegian too?! 😨

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

It’s not hard. If you know one, you know them all, as our languages are related. As a Norwegian I’m fluent in Norwegian, and English (2nd language taught in school), and fluent by default in Swedish, and Danish without never having to actually learn it. Used to be fluent in German at one point, but forgot as I never used it. I struggle with Danish due to the horrible sound, but of courde their grotten form is way easier as we adopted it due to X 100 years of Danish rule, previously we also had Swedish rule. And Norwegians are closer to Swedes than Danes. Closer ties, culturally, historically, linguistically, and socially, as most Norwegians has Swedish relates. The rest is exposure, as we watch early on ask kids, Swedish and Danish kid TV shows/programs. Of course there’s also the music industry.

[@draenesteron]

@@kilipaki87oritahiti But he isn't born in Scandinavia and he hasn't been brought up watching shows on all these languages. So, I still think it's impressive.

[@heetjani7573]

Jackson bro I want to learn proper old Norse to speak and read do you have a course or notes

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Your accent would be less noticeable like like that of an immigrant if your -r wasn’t so hard. Norwegian is all about where we stress, and the tone. Going up or down in the beginning or the end and vice versa is what differentiates the various dialects besides pronunciation and the words used. On the west coast they go down at the end of words, here in the East, we go up regardless of mood. Soften your endings and don’t roll the -r so much, and you’ll sound way better😝👍🏾 It’s not silent either, but much softer. Actually not even just -r, but at any ending it’s basically almost silent/soft. Never hard. And ironically on some words you had a much more Icelandic pronunciation of the -r😝😅😁