Example Sentences

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The Norsemen worshipped many gods and each of them had various characteristics, weaknesses and attributes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Its two warring kings brutally killed by Viking invaders in 865, Northumbria had been heavily settled by Norsemen, a Scandinavian legacy still reflected in Yorkshire dialect today.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2019

Conradi also gets stopped and selfied by tourists, since he starred in the Netflix Viking drama Norsemen, and played Jens Smit, a Dutch PR visionary, in W1A.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2019

Norsemen hunting migratory seals or walrus on the high seas would have been at increasing risk.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2016

Even these sternly hopeless Norsemen, whose daily life in their icy land through the black winters was a perpetual challenge to heroism, saw a far-away light break through the darkness.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton