{"id":193,"date":"2010-02-05T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T13:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=193"},"modified":"2010-02-05T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T13:50:21","slug":"flink-med-bater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/flink-med-bater\/","title":{"rendered":"Flink med b\u00e5ter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clever with boats.\u00a0 Before Columbus’ time, Norwegians bygde og seilte<\/strong> (built and sailed) the fastest, most maneuverable boats of the Viking and Early Middle Ages.\u00a0 It is no surprise, really, when one considers the\u00a0sparce\u00a0arable land and great \u00e5pent hav<\/strong> (open sea) that the Norwegians would become sophisticated seafarers-they simply had to make do with the resources provided to them.\u00a0 With an abundance of t\u00f8mmer<\/strong> (lumber),\u00a0it was\u00a0no problem to find materials to build these incredible b\u00e5ter<\/strong>.\u00a0 Offshore fishing soon turned into distant voyages that required excellent h\u00e5ndverk<\/strong> (craftsmanship).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vikingskipene <\/strong>(the Viking ships) were lange<\/strong> (long), trange<\/strong> (narrow), bygd av\u00a0tre<\/strong> (wooden), og hadde to forstavner <\/strong>(and had two prows), en p\u00e5 baugen<\/strong> (one at the bow) og en p\u00e5 akerstavn<\/strong> (and one at the stern).\u00a0 Forstavnene<\/strong> were often carved into shapes such as et drakehode<\/strong> (a dragon head) eller hodet til et annet dyr<\/strong> (or the head of another animal).\u00a0 Accordingly, skipene<\/strong> had names that reflected the shape of forstavnene<\/strong>, such as ”Snake of the Sea” or ”Dragon Fire.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The body of the boats were of course made of ved, but more importantly they were clinker-built, meaning plankene<\/strong> (the planks) overlapped each other.\u00a0 Not only did this provide exceptional holdbarhet<\/strong> (durability) and styrke<\/strong> (strength), but sauull<\/strong> (sheep’s wool) dipped in tj\u00e6re<\/strong> (tar) was used to fill in the gaps mellom plankene<\/strong> (between the planks) to make the boats regnfrakk<\/strong> (waterproof)<\/span>–flink igjen<\/strong>.\u00a0 Several other features that made these boats magnificent included kj\u00f8len <\/strong>(the keel) that allowed the boats to cut through the water quickly and provided stabilitet<\/strong> (stability) in rough weather.\u00a0 In clear weather with ingen vind<\/strong> (no wind), \u00e5rene<\/strong> (the oars) were used to move the boats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nordmenn var veldig flinke med b\u00e5ter, ikke sant?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clever with boats.\u00a0 Before Columbus’ time, Norwegians bygde og seilte (built and sailed) the fastest, most maneuverable boats of the Viking and Early Middle Ages.\u00a0 It is no surprise, really, when one considers the\u00a0sparce\u00a0arable land and great \u00e5pent hav (open sea) that the Norwegians would become sophisticated seafarers-they simply had to make do with the…<\/p>\n

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