# Words the Vikings left behind | OLD NORSE Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/words-the-vikings-left-behind-old-norse Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/words-the-vikings-left-behind-old-norse.md Podcast: [Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407) Published: 2026-07-22T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8929287 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8929287.mp3?modified=1784271222&sid=5128892&source=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/words-the-vikings-left-behind-old-norse Duration seconds: 2529 ## Resource What did the Vikings do for us? Rob and Jess are exploring the words left behind by the Scandinavian invaders. πŸͺ“ How much of English is Old Norse? πŸ—ΊοΈ Which place names are inherited from "the Danes"? πŸ“ How did the Norsemen change English grammar? These questions answered, and many more, in another Words Unravelled. πŸ‘• OUR MERCH πŸ‘š US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ROB EDINBURGH TICKETS: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/robwords-live WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/La3toomR-ow ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/words-the-vikings-left-behind-old-norse/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/words-the-vikings-left-behind-old-norse.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.