Anglo Saxon Heroes : Edmund Ironside

An account of Edmund Ironsides struggles with the Vikings. Second in the Anglo Saxon Heroes series.

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Education

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• History
• England
• English
• Anglo Saxon
• Viking
• Edmund Ironside
• Cnut

[MillaHead]

did anglos waste their time fighting or what......how bout a little stargazing or building

[aelfredhauscarl]

These were violent and uncertain times unfortunately, I do not think gazing at the stars while a blood thirsty Viking was hacking at your neck would have been much help to them. You raise a good point though perhaps we could do with videos that look at everyday people and everyday lives.

[rugbyboy198127]

@aelfredhauscarl yes but the vikings raided much further afield also... central europe, eastern europe, asia minor, so really it is no excuse for the denial of northern civilisation... Rome did to northern europeans exactly what britain and colonialism did to africa... dehumaised them, told lies and propaganda about them and denied there civilisation completely - labelled it as worthless haha we believed the Romans and we believed the colonialists - Roman version of history is still accepted! ??

[aelfredhauscarl]

I am not sure exactly what the point is that you are making rugbyboy198127? My reply to MillaHead was that it was not a waste of time fighting if you were defending yourself against an invader. I agree we should not blindly follow the Roman version of history.

[00JakeR00]

@aelfredhauscarl To be fair ALfred the Great did contribute to a rebirth of the academia in England. He ordered the writing of the Anglo Saxon Chronicles and encouraged the translation of texts from Latin to Old English apparantly he even did some himself.

[aelfredhauscarl]

@00JakeR00 Agree with you the purpose of these videos is to highlight some of he other Anglo Saxon kings as the English are really only taught about Alfred. Also being misinformed about the other kings such as Ironside who today it is taught that he died after a viking hid in a toilet (see the bbc's propaganda horrible histories videos for example). Edmund Ironside was far more likely to have died from dysentery. Our only regret really about this video was not presenting his case strong enough.

[pclark1979]

A proud anglo saxon American .... anglo saxon are what we are and what is who we are anglo americans forever...

[billysponge1]

we r inundated with info about the celts , pics , exc about time we regained or at least re-identify our true ancestors the saxons , who mainly settled here and not wholesale invation we as an island r intermingled celts , pics , saxonsor even scandinavian infact the saxons wer origionaly celtic now we have other races living here to they to can embrace our true identity that as saxon and be proud to be english or scotts exc, the royals r norman not the common man

[Bjowolf2]

@rugbyboy198127

MANgE tak (many thanks) for dine ("thine") fine (w)ord(s)

Du ( <- thu = thou) er en 'frændlig' mand[man*] :o)

Vi kan også (also) lære mange ting fra jer [yer, ~ye ] gode folk - bedre (better) engelsk for eksempel LOL

[Bjowolf2]

god=good,ny[ne(w]]=new,fin(e),­lang,{s}kort=short,lille=littl­e,varm,kold,hed=hot,syg=sick,v­el=well,

ung=young,våd=wet,vild,grim,gl­ad,sløv=slow,fuld[full*]=full,­nær=near

over,under,til=to,fra=from,på[­po]=on (uPOn),op[up]=up,i / ind[in*]=in,her[heir]=here,der­=there, efter=after,igen[ee-gain]=agai­n,nu=now

dag[day(gh)]=day,nat=night, midnat= midnight,vinter,sommer, regn[reighn]=rain,sne=snow

juletide[yule-]=yuletide! (jul[yul]=Chr.)

Mandag,Tirsdag,{W}O{de}nsdag,T­orsdag,Fredag,Lørdag(?),Søndag

[Bjowolf2]

@rugbyboy198127

moder[mother!], fader[father!],broder[brother!­],søster,søn,onkel, nevø[ne-voe]=nephew

mand[man*]/ mænd[men*]=man/men,hus=house,l­and,træ=tree,korn,hvede=wheat,­rug[roogh]=rye,

græs,sten=stone,orm=worm,uld[o­oll*]= wool,ord=word,bog(bok in S)=book,båd[boath]=boat

er[air]=are (+am/is),have,vil,kan,skal,må=­may/ must (but we did have måst[must]!),give,tage,se,hold­, løb=leap, rend[ren*]=run,hop, send,bring,syng,dans,flyv,bræn­d[braen*]=burn,tal =talk,drive, flyd=float,

svøm=swim ...

[Bjowolf2]

@rugbyboy198127

"sh" usually corresponds to "sk" here, but act. they often pronounce this as "sh" in Swe.

Eg. skam=shame,skaft=shaft,skank=s­hank,shift=skift , skyd(skjut in S)=shoot,fisk=fish, busk=bush, skørt [skirt]=skirt / shirt orig,skovl=shovel,sko=shoe,sky­= shy (sky in D. also meant sky orig.! ),skinneben= shin bone, skinne=shine, skære(cut)~share/shear,skal=sh­all,bask=bash,dask~dash,skib=s­hip (->skipper).

But skrabe=scrape,skæv=skew,skole=­school, skold=scald, skæld=scold though ;-)

[Bjowolf2]

@rugbyboy198127

Great - glad you are aware of this. It has always fascinated & puzzled me ever since I started learning E.

Why are all these words & many bits of basic grammar so similar. Once you know what to look for or

see through rather, you can't help noticing all the time. Just little shifts like -k -> -g ( but still -k in

N & S ), -p -> -b, w- ~ v-, -w ~ -v , wh- ~ hv- (Old & Middle E even had "hw" ! ) + some vowel shifts here and there, and hey you have D (+S&N) - well almost :-)

[rugbyboy198127]

@Bjowolf2 yes it's true - first i thought shit those bloody scandanavians must be so intelligent, have such a good school system - they always speak english so well (better than most english) haha now i see that the languages are so simliar - just take a walk in the city of york and the closeness of the cultures is immediately apparent - haha it must be bit of both as we all no scandanavian society has high living standard and great social care and education etc - you have it right, good govern!

[rugbyboy198127]

@29Gixxer dont forget that the english mixture is also infused with a great deal of original british blood of the pre-roman brits - it isn't a case of black or white (ie: saxon invasions/displacement vs saxon rule and cultural victory) it is ofcourse multiple shades of grey... it's a bit of both! saxons/angles/jeutes were known to brits through their role as mercenaries for romans and even before then through trade etc, some tribes would have accepted saxon rule without fight, others would not!?

[rugbyboy198127]

@ImperialGuard9001 i think we are on the same team mate - the dark ages were dark only for those who longed to have roman empire back - for the rest of us this was actually a time of enlightenment... i spend my life trying to decifer the roman lies about my people and my land.... i doubt very much that i would have said anything to warrant your reply, but nevermind - glad to see your opinion as i agree whole heartedly! cheers mate - as we agree on this, what are your thoughts on the term Celtic?