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...d High German]] ''aar'' and ''aro'' as well as of the [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] ''örn'' or ''ørn'', which all have the same meaning. It has been propos

Later Old English became heavily influenced by [[Old Norse]], brought with later Northern European [[Viking]] invaders, most of them f

...of ''Uluti''. The English name "Ulster" derives from Irish ''Ulaid'' and [[Old Norse]] ''staðr'', "place, territory".

##North Germanic or Scandinavian, becoming [[Old Norse]] in an early stage, then giving birth to [[Danish]], [[Swedish]], [[Norweg

...ally, vowels with an acute accent in these languages correspond to their [[Old Norse]] counterparts, which were long vowels but in many cases have become [[diph

...new lands and opportunities. The lyrics make reference to battles and the Old Norse religion (''Fight the horde, sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming!''), but r

...olkien may have also borrowed elements from the ''[[Völsunga saga]]'' (the Old Norse basis of the later German ''[[Nibelungenlied]]'' and [[Richard Wagner]]'s o

...ing those of [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] and [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]]. He also read many translations of [[Near East]]ern and [[Far East]]ern w

...Scotland, notably Udal Law in [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] — based on Old Norse law. Other systems derived from Celtic or Brehon Laws survived in the Highl