Before I forget,

“In Hákonar saga góða, Snorri Sturluson describes hlautteinar (“sacrificial twigs”) being used like sprinklers to spread blood over the stallar (“altars” or “platforms”)…”

In OE we can say “hlot-tān” or “hlot-tānas” PL

Snorri on blót:

In Hákonar saga góða, Snorri Sturluson describes hlautteinar (“sacrificial twigs”) being used like sprinklers to spread blood over the stallar (“altars” or “platforms”), the walls of the hof (both inside and outside) and the people who were present there. It is possible that this description was influenced by the ecc…Read More

Ibn Fadlān and the Rūsiyyah – James E. Montgomery Translation

When) he reaches the large figure, he prostrates himself before it and says, “Lord, I have come from a distant land, bringing so many slave-girls (priced at) such and such per head and so many sables (priced at) such and such per pelt.”29 He continues until he has mentioned all of th…Read More