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Also, iirc no-one ever referred to Norsemen as 'Vikings' until the nineteenth-century, anyhow. 'Celtic' is similarly inaccurate though. In all probability no-o
by leoc 13y ago
Also, iirc no-one ever referred to Norsemen as 'Vikings' until the nineteenth-century, anyhow.
'Celtic' is similarly inaccurate though. In all probability no-one in Ireland or Britain was ever Celtic, and no-one ever described them as 'Celtic' until the C18. (see http://www.amazon.com/dp/0299166740/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0299166740/ ).
- huxley 13y agoIt was used occasionally before that, for example the old English poem "Widsith" (~10th century) refers to Scandinavian raiders as "wicinga cynn" or Viking kin. But it wasn't a common appellation and may have referred more to their status as sea raiders or pirates.
- leoc 13y ago> In all probability no-one in Ireland or Britain was ever Celtic Eh, no, that's ridiculously overstated.