- ale
- A strong drink made from barley.
- amber
- Hardened tree sap, used to make jewellery.
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- A history of England begun in the 800s.
- archaeologist
- A person who finds out about the past by looking at old objects or buildingsthat are buried under the ground.
- blacksmith
- Another name for a smith. A worker who makes things of metal, usually iron.
- blood-feud
- An argument between two families that involves fighting or killings.
- brooch
- Ornament used to fasten clothing.
- buttermilk
- Watery liquid left over when butter is made from milk.
- carving
- A design cut out of wood.
- charm
- A magical object or words, to protect a person from harm.
- chieftain
- The leader of a village or small group of people.
- Christian
- A person who follows the religion taught by Jesus Christ.
- colonize
- A settlement founded in one country by people from another country.
- compass
- A device for finding direction (east, west, north, south).
- conquer
- To beat an enemy and control them using force.
- Danelaw
- The area of England ruled by the Vikings.
- descendants
- People who are related to earlier people, in a direct line.
- dragon-ship
- Another name for a longship.
- explorer
- Someone who travels to unfamiliar places to discover new things.
- feast
- A special meal for a large group of people.
- figurehead
- A carved wooden piece at the front of a ship.
- Freeman
- A person who is not a slave and free to choose who he or she worked for.
- helmet
- Hat made of leather or iron worn by a soldier to protect his head.
- hoard
- A hidden treasure, usually buried in the soil.
- jet
- A kind of black stone used to make jewellery.
- keel
- Long wooden bottom part of a ship, that gives it strength.
- invaders
- People who try to take over land from other people.
- landmark
- A natural feature that helps a traveller find his way, such as a mountain, a rock, an island, or a group of trees.
- launch
- To put a new ship in the water.
- longship
- A Viking ship with a sail and oars. Sometimes called dragon-ship. A Viking ship with a sail and oars. Sometimes called dragon-ship.
- mail coat
- Armour made from chain mail (metal rings), worn like a shirt.
- manure
- Animal waste such as dung put on soil to make it fertile for crops.
- mast
- Tall wooden pole from which a ship's sail is hung.
- merchant
- A trader, someone who buys and sells things.
- monastery
- The building where monks live.
- norse myths
- Stories told by the Vikings about gods and goddesses, giants and strange creatures.
- pagan
- A person who believed in many gods.
- raven
- A large black bird of the crow family.
- rivets
- Bits of metal hammered into holes to join ship planks or metal sheets together.
- runes
- The name given to the Viking alphabet.
- settlement
- An area where people live.
- shield
- A large piece of wood or metal held in one arm for protection in battle.
- sickle
- A curved knife used for cutting grain stalks at harvest time.
- slave
- A person who is not free but is treated as someone else's property.
- smith
- A worker who makes things of metal, usually iron.
- spices
- Plants such as pepper which can be used to flavour and preserve foods.
- spinning
- Twisting and drawing out sheep wool into long thin thread.
- spit
- In cooking, a rod or stick on which meat is stuck to roast over a fire.
- thatched
- A roof covered in straw.
- Thing
- An open-air meeting where Vikings gathered to discuss the law.
- trader
- A person who sells goods.
- turf
- A layer of grass cut with roots and soil, that can be used to roof a house.
- walrus ivory
- The tusk, or sticking-out tooth, of a walrus (a large sea mammal), which can be carved.
- weaving
- Making cloth on a machine called a loom.
