Collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
What is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
100
Unlike other societies, I can chose my own mate and divorce
Who are Viking women
100
The most famous kind of Viking ship
What is the longship
100
A member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterward.
What is a frank or gaul
100
A large stone carved by ancient Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons.
What is a runestone
200
I am a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
Who is Thor
200
Vikings are thought to have worn me on their heads, but they did not.
What are horned helmets
200
Vikings used what to navigate
What are senses, birds, whales, or memory
200
Date given to the earliest Viking attack
What is 787 AD
200
A Viking ship found in a burial mound in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway.
What is Gokstad ship
300
I am the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; I slay a monster and become king but die fighting a dragon.
Who is Beowulf
300
Everyone thought we drank out of these
What is skull cups
300
Medieval Scandinavian law, a subset of Germanic law, was originally memorized by the lawspeakers
What is Norse Law
300
I am a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America
Who is Leif Ericson
300
Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England
Who is William the Conqueror
400
I am wife of Thor and guardian of the home
Who is Sif
400
True or False. A method of testing a sword was to place the it hilt first in a cold stream, and float a hair down to it. If it cut the hair, it was considered a good sword.
True
400
The name given to unique Viking swords used throughout Scandinavia in the 1000s
What is ulfberht
400
I founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
Who is Erik the Red
400
The last Anglo-Saxon King of England
Who is Harold Godwin
500
I am the male monster descended from Cain.
What is Grendel
500
We mostly destroyed
What is churches/monasteries
500
Non-servile manservants, or household troops in personal service of someone, equivalent to a bodyguard to Scandinavian lords and kings
What is huscarl
500
The name given to an area of North America by Norse Vikings.
What is Vinland
500
An ancient Norse warrior who fought in a wild frenzy.