Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas!!!



Merry Christmas!! Sorry I've been away but I was a slave to my sketchbook the last few weeks before finals. Anyways, sorry we can't all be together, but I hope you all have a happenin Yule-tide. Below are some downloadable presents for you! click, print, and enjoy!

For Marc, click here, here, and here.

For Katie, click here and here.

For Ryan, click here and here.

Oh, and here is something we can all play together! Just click and make a song!!!

Anyways, hope you guys are well, and I hope to talk to you soon! Merry Christmas!! -Dusty

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

TunderKaeg

thought it would be appropriate to post some of these




SUPER CREATIVE CHALLENGE!!!


Do something creative with Vikings! Draw a picture, write a poem, make a song, make a craft, paint your face, and POST IT!! Fun for the whole family!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

"You don't believe in all this Valhalla stuff, do you?"

Maybe Yummy? Or just old-tasting?


Viking Recipes Here!  Should we try some?
Particularly the beverages??

We tried ancient-recipe Viking coffee in Oslo.  Woa.  Not good.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Words Pillaged from the Vikings

Sorry for using hurtful viking stereotypes there.
but here are some words that we got from the norse!
anger – (ON angr ‘grief’) [1220-1250]
birth – (ON burðr) [1016-1150]
bleak – (ON bleikr ‘pale’) [1250-1300]
bloom – (ON blóm) [1016-1150]
call – (ON kalla) [before 1016]
cast – (ON kasta) [1016-1150]
crawl – (ON krafla) [c.1350]
crook – (ON krókr) [1016-1150]
die – (ON deyja) [1016-1150]
fellow – (ON félagi) [before 1016]
gear – (ON gervi ‘equipment’) [1300-1450]
get – (ON geta) [c.1250]
hit – (ON hitta ‘to come upon’) [1016-1150]
husband – (ON hús ‘house’ and bóndi ‘householder’) [before 1016]
ill – (ON illr) [1016-1150]
kid – (ON kiþ) [1220-1250]
kindle – (ON kynda) [1016-1150]
knife – (ON knífr) [1016-1150]
law – (ON lag ‘law’)
leg – (ON leggr) [1016-1150]
lift – (ON lypta) [1250-1300]
loan – (ON lán) [1016-1150]
loose – (ON lauss) [1300-1450]
low – (ON lágr) [1016-1150]
meek – (ON mjúkr ‘gentle, soft’) [1016-1150]
rag – (ON rögg) [1016-1150]
raise – (ON rísa to rise) [1016-1150]
ransack – (ON rann-saka ‘to search a house’) [1220-1250]
sale – (ON sala) [1016-1150]
scare – (ON skjarr ‘timid’) [1016-1150]
seem – (ON sæma ‘to conform to’) [1250-1300]
skill – (ON skil) [1016-1150]
skin – (ON skinn) [1016-1150]
skirt – (ON skyrt) [after 1450]
sky – (ON skie ‘cloud’) [1220-1250]
slaughter – (ON sláter ‘butcher’s meat’) [1300-1450]
sly – (ON slœgr) [c.1250]
snare – (ON snara) [1016-1150]
take – (ON taka) [1016-1150]
thrive – (ON þrífa ‘to grasp’) [1016-1150]
trust – (ON traust) [c.1250]
ugly – (ON uggr ‘fear’) [1220-1250]
wand – (ON vöndr) [1016-1150]
want – (ON vanta) [1016-1150]
weak – (ON veikr) [1250-1300]
window – (ON vindauga ‘wind eye’) [1220-1250]
wing – (ON vengr) [1016-1150]
wrong – (ON rangr ‘awry, unjust’) [before 1016]