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Norse lore, Norse tales Norse feats in a nutshell: forming myths and legends, shaping poetry characterised by alliteration, synonyn-expanded ranges of words, the use of figurative circumlocution, reversed word-order, grammatical inflection and four grammatical cases. Other feats; boat-building skills, sailing off and settling abroad.

Dragon, extacted detail from Hopperstad stave church, Norway
"Me three winters old . . . grow and strengthen -
- From Víkarsbálkr, v. 4

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