Old Norse Ship Names
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Viking Ship Names from the Sagas: The saga texts refer to about 15 examples of large ships with 30 pairs of oars or more from shortly after the year 1000 to the middle of the thirteenth century: Name Site and date Builder Number of// rum TRANEN Nidaros 995 Olav Tryggvason 30 ORMR (the short) Nordland før 999 Raud 30 ORMR INN LANGI Nidaros 999-1000 Olav Tryggvason 32 or 34 VISUNDR Nidaros 1026 St. Olav at least 30 BUSSEN Nidaros 1061-62 Harald Hardrada 35
MARIASUDEN Nidaros 1182-83 King Sverrir 32 or 33 OGNABRANDEN Nidaros 1199 King Sverrir 36 NN Nidaros 1206-07 King Inge 30 NN Nidaros 1206-07 Håkon Jarl 36 NN Nidaros 1206-07 Peter Støyper 32 OLAVSSUDEN Unknown Birkebeiner (rebels) 32 LANGFREDAG Nidaros 1232-33 Skúli Jarl 36 KROSS-SUDEN Orust 1252-53 Håkon Håkonsson 35? MARIASUDEN Bergen 1256-57 Håkon Håkonsson 30 KRISTSUDEN Bergen 1262-63 Håkon Håkonsson 37 (After Bent og Erik Andersen 1989, Råsejlet - Dragens Vinge, p. 28) - www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/the-sea-stallion-past-and-present/longships-magnified/the-historical-sources/the-longship-in-the-medieval-saga-texts/
General Sources:[edit | edit source]
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/ Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/
Precedents:[edit | edit source]
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
From the <month> <year> LoAR: