How To Swear Like A Viking

<p><strong>*TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS OLD NORSE SWEAR WORDS</strong>*</p><br><p>How would you insult a Viking? What strange nicknames did they give each other? And what did a Viking rap battle sound like?!</p><br><p>Brush up on your Old Norse and impress your friends with the most obscene Viking swear words. To help you out and talk Kate through the reasons behind their offensive language is historian and author <a href="eleanorbarraclough.com/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Eleanor Barraclough</a>.</p><br><p>This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>Check out the new Betwixt The Sheets YouTube channel here: <a href="youtube.com/@BetwixtTheSheetsPodcast"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtube.com/@BetwixtTheSheetsPodcast</a>… up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <u><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">historyhit.com/subscribe</a></u>.&… can take part in our listener survey<a href="surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</u></p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.</p><br><p><strong>History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™</strong></p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards! UK & Ireland listeners please place your vote on the Spotify mobile app here: <a href="open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</a></p>;

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