![]() The original horn is now in Dalarnas museum, Falun, Sweden. Similar instruments have been in use until recently in Scandinavia. It is made from horn of cattle and has four finger holes. Replica of a horn from Västerby in Sweden. Read more about the lyre family of music instruments at Wikipedia. The lyre is a string instrument similar in appearance to a small harp. The find was from the later part of the 11 thcentury. On the replica a wooden mouthpiece was added, making the instrument into a hornpipe (a kind of oboe). It might have been part of a bagpipe, but there is no evidence to support this theory. “Falster-pibe”Ī part of an instrument was found during the excavations of a shipyard at Fribrødre river on Falster, Denmark. The original lur appears to have been held together by willow. The photo shows a modern Swedish folk-instrument of the same kind with birch bark wrapped around it. The cone-shaped wind instrument was found in a box made of oak wood, richly decorated with iron ornaments, along with other items. The lur from the Oseberg find is just a small fraction of items found in a burial mound richly equipped for a Norwegian princess at her burial in AD 834 according to C14 dating. The original instrument from the early part of the 13 th century, was found during excavations in Århus, Denmark, but this type of recorder is also known from other excavations from earlier periods. Replica of a recorder, made from shin bone of a sheep. The Normandy-Yorkshire Linguistic Connection.Some Family names based on the craft of the Metalworking Smith.Terrain Features which affect Baltic weather.Basin Information, Current and their effects.Air masses which affect the Baltic and Skaggarack.Kovirke – Fortress of Mighty Oak and Earth.The Danelaw – population, culture and heritage.Scandinavian terms for landscape features in the Danelaw.Scandinavian take-over of estates in The Danelaw.Danegeld – The Vikings and money in England.From a midwinter celebration to a Christian feast.Yorkshire Dialect Words of Old Norse Origin.What was made in Viking Age Jorvik (York)?.What people ate and drank in Jorvik (York).Life Expectancy in Viking Age Jorvik (York).Jorvik (York) and the five boroughs of the Danelaw.Ólavsøka (The Olavs-festival) in the Faroe Islands.Irish words which have come from Old Norse.The Scandinavian contribution in Normandy.The 10th century foundation of the Duchy of Normandy.Place names for landscape features and similar.Place names based on a Scandinavian personal name element.The Voyage of the Norwegians Torulf and Egil To Estonia in 925.Olav Haraldsson – Olav the Stout – Olav the Saint.
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