People just really love romanticizing people in the past

Vikings were clean, had a complex democratic legal system, respected women, had freeform rap battles, and had child support payments

yet some people are like ahh... Vikings... scary scary

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SailorMarz · F

They had rap battles, you say?

NorthernRoses · 22-25, F

@SailorMarz Hell yeah, it was called flyting and it was sick

SailorMarz · F

@NorthernRoses im looking this up

bijouxbroussard · F

@NorthernRoses Flyting is attributed to Medieval England and Scotland.

NorthernRoses · 22-25, F

@bijouxbroussard Naw, the etymological roots may come from old English, but Norsemen were always the main practitioners of it. It also only came full-on to Scotland around the 15th century, whereas it had been in Scandinavia way longer.

(I also believe it might be the etymological root for Norwegian "flyte" meaning "to flow" though I'm not sure. It'd be rad if it is though)