Comments on: Viking Blood in Wirral and Lancashire Men http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/ Website on Vikings and for Vikings Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/comment-page-1/#comment-14203 Michael Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:26:07 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2273#comment-14203 How do they know these Scandinavian type names were not just adopted or were adopted even earlier? How do they know these Scandinavian type names were not just adopted or were adopted even earlier?

]]> By: Michael http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/comment-page-1/#comment-14202 Michael Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:23:17 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2273#comment-14202 I do have a slight problem with the whole study. Firstly R1a isn't specific to Scandinavia, infact R1b and I1a is also found amongst Norweigans and Danes, infact 42% of Danes are R1b, so they would have brought R1b in there too. Secondly considering Britain was connected via Doggerland 6,000BC how do they know these groups didn't get their earlier? Thirdly Tun and mere (as in Tranmere is also Old English, meaning 'lake') are also old English. There is evidence of Norse influence from pre-viking times and Swedish/Danish connections in Sutton Hoo and Beowulf (set entirely in Scandinavia). Norse archaeology has been found prior to the Vikings including wrist clasps from the 7th century. Infact there is new evidence of Germanic languages being spoken in Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxons including Germanic elements in Lancashire and Cumbrian Roman placenames. To rove whether any of these men are specifically Norse Viking in origin is quite impossible. Their surnames are not out of the general English surname norm. Infact three Yorkshire villages ending in -by found Anglian crosses in the churchyards and no scandinavian inscriptions showing that presuming a Viking origin considering the lack of evidence of placenames in the north and east of England, can be misleading. There is even some who believe their was a scandi form of Old English was spoken in the north hence words such as they which are difficult to change as they are pronouns. I do have a slight problem with the whole study. Firstly R1a isn’t specific to Scandinavia, infact R1b and I1a is also found amongst Norweigans and Danes, infact 42% of Danes are R1b, so they would have brought R1b in there too. Secondly considering Britain was connected via Doggerland 6,000BC how do they know these groups didn’t get their earlier? Thirdly Tun and mere (as in Tranmere is also Old English, meaning ‘lake’) are also old English. There is evidence of Norse influence from pre-viking times and Swedish/Danish connections in Sutton Hoo and Beowulf (set entirely in Scandinavia). Norse archaeology has been found prior to the Vikings including wrist clasps from the 7th century. Infact there is new evidence of Germanic languages being spoken in Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxons including Germanic elements in Lancashire and Cumbrian Roman placenames. To rove whether any of these men are specifically Norse Viking in origin is quite impossible. Their surnames are not out of the general English surname norm. Infact three Yorkshire villages ending in -by found Anglian crosses in the churchyards and no scandinavian inscriptions showing that presuming a Viking origin considering the lack of evidence of placenames in the north and east of England, can be misleading. There is even some who believe their was a scandi form of Old English was spoken in the north hence words such as they which are difficult to change as they are pronouns.

]]> By: andrew drysdale beck http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/comment-page-1/#comment-12656 andrew drysdale beck Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:48:06 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2273#comment-12656 beck is an old norse name i wud luv 2 knw whr we fit in old norse beck is an old norse name i wud luv 2 knw whr we fit in old norse

]]> By: oliver wright http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/comment-page-1/#comment-12466 oliver wright Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:37:48 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2273#comment-12466 hello there, I was wondering where i would find out if i was related to the Vikings. I orignally come from Sheffield in South Yorkshire England. Would I need to take a DNA test? And I wondered if the name Oscaby is a Norweigan. I look forward to hearing from you Kind regards hello there,
I was wondering where i would find out if i was related to the Vikings. I orignally come from Sheffield in South Yorkshire England. Would I need to take a DNA test? And I wondered if the name Oscaby is a Norweigan.

I look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards

]]> By: Bob Ellal http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/viking-blood-england/comment-page-1/#comment-11452 Bob Ellal Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:40:47 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2273#comment-11452 Hi, My name "Ellal" comes from "Ellel," a small town in Lancashire--and derived from "Elhale," an Anglo-Saxon name. Probably Angle as I don't think the Saxons settled Lancashire. But how can one determine if he has Viking blood--or Angle blood (from southern Denmark--proto-Vikings)? Hi,

My name “Ellal” comes from “Ellel,” a small town in Lancashire–and derived from “Elhale,” an Anglo-Saxon name. Probably Angle as I don’t think the Saxons settled Lancashire. But how can one determine if he has Viking blood–or Angle blood (from southern Denmark–proto-Vikings)?

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