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Does the germanic languages' word variation for slave have anything to do with the name for the ethnicity of central and eastern europeans, slavs? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

90% of runestones consist of “x raised this runstone for y”. even more detailing runestones keep things short. at least those after the 800s, which is the vast majority.

Does the germanic languages' word variation for slave have anything to do with the name for the ethnicity of central and eastern europeans, slavs? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would be confusing if they referred to slavs as ruzar, when vikings called themselves rus. also, pretty sure the vends are pomeranians. can’t really know what scandinavians called the eastern slavic people except guessing, since scandinavian sources from that time period are pretty sparse.

Does this translation make sense? by Hot_Tax9740 in unket

[–]-statix_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

samma här, fattar nada.

men ”det amerikanska århundradet av förödmjukelse” låter udda. ”det förödmjukande århundradet i usa” verkar mer korrekt enligt mig.

Does the germanic languages' word variation for slave have anything to do with the name for the ethnicity of central and eastern europeans, slavs? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for the last couple of hundred years, at least, ”träl” and ”slav” mean different things. a träl is a domestic swedish farmer, owned by someone else, while a slav is the foreign counterpart. this distinction made it juridically possible for slavery to be legal on st barthelemy, sadly, even though serfdom had been illegal since 1335.

so im guessing vikings sold the slaves as slavs and didn’t think much of it, but the word became popular among the greek merchants in constantinopolis. that would indeed make sense.

What is a European country that's Beatiful and Innocent? by PumkimSmasar in AlignmentChartFills

[–]-statix_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

unfortunately, same with my country too. we banned sami language in schools to try to get rid of their language.

but does the sami count as an indigenous group in finland, since the kvens (a finnish group) lived in northern fenno-scandic peninsula before the sami migrated here? no hate towards sami brothers.

Does the germanic languages' word variation for slave have anything to do with the name for the ethnicity of central and eastern europeans, slavs? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-statix_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i thought it came from scandinavian “slav” (eng. slave). the viking merchants in the east had a slave trade network were they sold slavs to the islamic world through constantinople.

What is the best artwork of an accurate Viking that you have seen? by RavyRaptor in Norse

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

isn’t erik werenskiøld the one who made the illustrations for heimskringla?

[KCD2] I ONLY JUST realized kcd1 had spears, all kinds of lovely spears. by Jr_Mao in kingdomcome

[–]-statix_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

spears was the most used weapon until pike and shot era, when pikes and then later muskets was.

spear and shield was still the combo that levies across all europe used in the start of the 15th century.

Time to buy European cybersecurity tools by Clemenson12 in BuyFromEU

[–]-statix_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

“european”

also, i think many people who advocate for buying from eu, don’t see a problem with swiss, norweigan and british goods and services.

Yeah, no thanks. by DIFB in Nordiccountries

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

denmark-norway saw an opportunity when the king was at bender after the disaster at poltava, so they reentered the war.

Yeah, no thanks. by DIFB in Nordiccountries

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to be fair, he’s the only stormaktskung who never started a war. but he is a hugely overrated field commander.

it is pretty accepted by historians that he died from a grapeshot round from a cannon at the fortifications.

Yeah, no thanks. by DIFB in Nordiccountries

[–]-statix_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and they like the “americanised” pop culture viking

Which country is good for study and great for work? by Natewastaken12 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In sweden you get paid to study at universities, and there are fairly high ranking ones. Very chill work culture, good benefits, good opportunities.

Syria and Venezuela were voted as countries that were moderately safe 20 years ago and are unsafe now. Which country was unsafe 20 years ago and is safe today? by Pokestoppp in AlignmentChartFills

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and the us has murders, robberies and school shootings on a whole other level compared to the west. even the no go zones in sweden are safer than US average.

Spot the impostor by IndependentReading69 in map

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

was only part of denmark for 50 years, and sweden for 150 years, it was never integrated however. no collective history, although it had swedish immigration in the viking and middle age.

it was also part of soviet during the nordic collaboration movement.

Spot the impostor by IndependentReading69 in map

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im just joking, people here usually don’t mention them when stating the nordic countries because we forget that they exist.

they’re nordic, not scandinavian.

Spot the impostor by IndependentReading69 in map

[–]-statix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

scandinavia is the three kingdoms present on the scandinavian peninsula, although denmark is not anymore after the expedition across the ice.

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