We used a webcam, microphone and Skype to talk to Asbjorn Thorvaltson. We asked him questions, and listened to everything he had to tell us about life as a Viking warrior.
Some of the things we found out were:
- that the nickname for a Viking sword was leg-biter.
- each Viking warrior carried a smaller dagger called a seax - given to a warrior by his father.
- the chain mail that warrior's wore would have taken a year to make.
- each longboat carried 64 warriors.
- Viking warriors wore Thor's hammer around their neck, hoping that if they died in battle they would go to Asgard (heaven).
- it took about 2 days to travel to Lindisfarne from Scandinavia.
- the only food on board the longboat would have been dried fish!
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us Asbjorn!
Wow Deers! This is amazing - a real life Viking. I don't think I'd have survived on a Viking boat with only dried fish - where was the chocolate cake?
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Well done Deers! Carla and her family visited a Viking centre in Yorkshire and we were really impressed with how much she knew about the Vikings! Mrs Oslavio
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