We're excited to start watching another show from your list of requests. Norway certainly knows how to make unique and interesting TV shows 🍻

@Aremeriel

3 жыл бұрын

Finally. 😉 I'll have to watch it when kids are in bed ...

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, finally made it 😀

@Aremeriel

3 жыл бұрын

@@VikingsReact here's a small fun fact. When they call in the translator in the beginning, the guy he's talking to is an Icelandic actor, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, who you might recognise from the last kingdom. 😉

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, no way! We actually didn't recognize him.

@TheCain01

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we do 😁🤘

Hi! I'm one of the three linguists who worked on Beforeigners and I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed watching all of your videos on the show. You're really knowledgeable and sweet and it's obvious you have a real love for the historical aspect of Beforeigners. It's also interesting to see what you're able to pick up on linguistically, an aspect the series creators took very seriously and gave us the freedom to do properly. I look forward to your videos on season 2, which should premiere in December.

@constanzapina1482

2 жыл бұрын

Hi André. I just went to a screening of the first episode of Beforeigners here in Iceland, and Alexander Lykke was there, to explain how he recreated Old Norse for the show. He showed us a photo of all the linguists involved in the show and you were there!! What was your part in it if you don't mind me asking?

@andredannevig

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, @@constanzapina1482. Cool! I was pretty jealous he got to go to Iceland for that. Most of the work I did in season 1 was with 19th century Norwegian. Season 2 will introduce more languages, of which I worked with some.

@VikingsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Hi André - Wow, thank you so much for checking out our videos and for the kind words. We really enjoyed the first season of the show. The cast and crew all did a phenomenal job. Can't wait for season 2!

@constanzapina1482

2 жыл бұрын

@@andredannevig I'm very excited about season 2 and I will be paying more attention to the languages now that I know a bit more about it ;)

@andredannevig

2 жыл бұрын

@@constanzapina1482 @Vikings React Thanks! I'm looking forward to it as well :)

For the Old Norse spoken in this, they involved Alexander K. Lykke to translate the viking dialogue of the script into Old Norse. He also had to make adjustments to make it more archaic, so it would be closer to how people could have spoken in the viking age. Since the oldest sources we have in Old Norse is from the 1200s, (except for a few rune inscriptions etc.) and the spoken language would have changed in a couple of centuries.

Icelandic is less different from Old Norse not because Iceland is more isolated but because Icelanders are very few. The more people speak a language, the more it varies and some variations stick. That is why, for example, English, with 400 million native speakers, changes faster than Italian (60 million). External influence can impact a language, but change happens with or witout it if there are enough spealers.

actually i think the main reason the actress for alfhildr rolls her R’s so much is because the actress, krista kosonen, is actually from finland, and our language has a lot of rolled r’s. some of my favourite songs have r’s in every fucking sentence.

15:23 When Lars set Alfidhir up like that was I the only one who was thinking: "I'm sorry, how old are you again?"

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not!

14:22 Best norwenglish accent ive heard from a non-norwegian person ever!!

Wait "used to preserve fish" we still do, well probably more in the North, its not uncommon to dry fish on our houses... 😅 Also yeah Norwegian police do not carry arms

I have watched the season over 4 times and I can’t wait for the second season.

@skeven0

2 жыл бұрын

almost here, its next month

@JuiceMyRandomness

2 жыл бұрын

@@skeven0 I’m so excited!!!! I hope it is as amazing as season 1!

@osez111

2 жыл бұрын

@@JuiceMyRandomness well, so far, i have mixed feelings about the 2 first episodes of season 2

The guy at 14:53 is not playing a Viking, he's from the stone age.

Definitely my favorite channel on KZread

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Always happy to hear 🙂

It's fun how as I as a native norwegian speaker can understand 80 % of the "old norse".

Richard the lionheart got shot in the shoulder with crossbow bolt, he died because the wound turned into gangrene.

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! In another comment I addressed this, I was thinking Frederick Barbarossa, but said the Lionheart

Nice to see that you are in to history.. I have always been interested in history... If you are into Vikings you should read the Sagas written by an Icelandic called Snorre Sturlason (born several hundred of years ago around 1240) if you get them in the US or where you live. Snorre Sturlason`s Sagas tells a whole bunch about famous old Norwegian Viking Kings and others. I have not read them myself but we had it in history lessons from the first year in school.. I remember the teacher reading from the Sagas of Snorre Sturlason during history lessons.. Snorre Sturlason wrote down all of the oral Sagas so we have him to thank for a lot... What they say about the language in this clip is that they do not speak Icelandic but old Norwegian language... I think one thing that is very wrong in the TV series, movies about Vikings is that the Vikings did not shave half of the hair on one side or both sides on their heads so they ended up with a mohawk is very much wrong. The Vikings had long hair. At least that is what i have learnt in school.. You are also correct in the fact that the Vikings did not where furs as seen in TV series and movies. You say that the "Viking" female cop speaks a bit different and rolling her R`s is true since she is supposed to be speaking old Norwegian and the fact that she did not speak Norwegian at all and had to learn Norwegian during filming.. She is from Finland..Krista Kosonen is from Espoo, Finland (The same place as Kimi Räikkönen) A fun fact for you is that i being Norwegian i have traced my ancestors back to the year 1320.. That was kind of fun and i did not take me long either.. I am sure i can trace my ancestors further back than 1320 and i will when i find the time to do it.. By the way one of Norway`s most famous Viking Kings came from here where i live...And as you said Icelandic language is the closest language to how the Vikings spoke.. The Norwegian language have changed quite a bit and specially during the medieval time period is what the experts say ...

She has a different accent then the modern Norwegian. She sounds similar to how Icelandic people sound when they speak Norwegian.

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

So cool! That's such a brilliant detail to add into the show

@henkkahenrik4183

3 жыл бұрын

that’s actually because the actress is finnish. we roll our r’s a lot and have a bit weird accent. tho i bet they also tried to learn actual old norse accent.

Most of the time you won't find police officers carrying guns on their person. But there are exceptions of course. I have seen armed police in Bergen before, but they were responding to a situation. And i think only one of the policemen were carrying.

remember that one time you are so good a firing a gun.......you can empty a whole clip but it'll appear as just one hole

Love the channel BTW. I only discovered you (and subscribed) today!

@VikingsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel! Thanks for checking us out 🙂

i need help. do you ever get a feeling that you want to put on some plate armour, pick up a honking big sword, walk into a crowded room and start swinging?

I still roll the r pretty hard because i come from a part of Norway that still has a dialecet that makes it easier to pick up on many of the words in old Norse. Norway have tons of dialects, and i believe mine is the closest to old Norse. Before the internet came along, people in Oslo didn't understand what i said unless i twisted it into their dialect. I like your reactions and your knowledge is great. Helvetrrrrr.

Hi! I love your rewievs! Do seaon 2 next! As a norwegian(viking 🤪)i demand you to do so. Just saw the whole thing on hbo and it was reslly great in my oponion :)

You are correct about the old norse sounding like its full of rolling R's, cause it is.

Love your reactions I don't know if you take recommendations to react, or if your reaction plate is full But if you read this, I recommend you watch and/or react to an anime called Vinland Saga, its a show that takes inspiration from Viking stories and myth(around the 11th century) Nonetheless I would like to hear your opinions on it

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

We always take suggestions! Vinland Saga is high on our list of shows 😁

I thought when the young Viking lady said there was a lake monster with glowing eyes, I thought she was talking about those moss moving creatures called a Nokken. But I don’t know much about old Norse folklore, I just thought that could be it.

new subb love u guys

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Yeah it does seem like a language difference or maybe a different dialect. Where I’m from we didn’t really roll our r’s. It was more of like flicking the r’s. Like flicking your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Hopefully that makes sense. Also the police don’t carry firearms on them all the time I’m pretty sure they just keep them in patrol vehicles.

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to know, thats what we figured. Thanks so much for the input!

@Aremeriel

3 жыл бұрын

The actress playing Alfhildr is Finnish and did not know any Norwegian before the show. 😉 There are two main rs in Norway, rolling and guttural. The guttural is mainly limited to southern and western Norway. And, police do not carry guns in Norway, except in special circumstances.

@Aremeriel

3 жыл бұрын

J Magician, curiosity got the better of me, but where are you from where the r is flicking the tongue?

Friedrich Barbarossa died from Drowning

they add the furs cuz it looks cool, just leather is jboring

I think, I think, I might hear Krista's finnish accent when she's speaking.

My friend wants to learn Norwegian. Is there any show in Norwegian?

On the question of where a time traveller might arrive geographically given planetary and galactic motion, I like to think of the idea that maybe gravity keeps time travellers attached to the moving Earth even as they travel through time.

@VikingsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Gravity is a factor that we haven't factored in, wish we knew more detailed physics to really dig into this one!

4:40 I always thought he got an arrow in his brain either through his eye or through his ear - I've always put that down to where I learned about how if someone touches your brain you die which is why it took me a while to understand how brain surgeons work (I wasn't the only one, other kids refused to believe someone could operate on the brain).

@Aremeriel

3 жыл бұрын

I've always heard he died from an arrow in the shoulder and the wound getting infected. Halvdan the Black (Harold Finehair's father) drowned, went through the ice. And Olaf Tryggvason jumped from his ship (Ormen lange) when he realised the battle at Svolder was lost. So there are examples from viking era of powerful people drowning. 😉

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, you guys are right, he was shot 🤓📚 But yes, there are stories of people drowning in those ages.

@agenttheater5

3 жыл бұрын

@@VikingsReact Small wonder - did anyone actually swim in those days?

@laed.5318

3 жыл бұрын

A crossbow bolt in his shoulder.

The r rolling is because she have a iceland dialect, but speaks norwegian words.

18:50 she is on point i think. they will try to draw parallels and make connections to present day politics. like alien nation, or district 9, or that south park episode. there are others that i can't remember the names of... this is old news, by now i guess., but my sister is looking forward to S2's beginning now, and i am looking at this series. i like "bright", with will smith... another buddy cop fish-out-of-water trope. under rated in my opinion. was well done and thoroughly entertaining for me.

21:22 she makes a point. i have thought of this many times. this time travel trope used in movies that doesn't account for plate tectonics, the creation of mountains, the building of buildings... in the movie (old or new) "the time machine", it shows him in the machine static. in stasis through the progression through time. with things happening about the device. ends up in a stable situation. hurts my brain. this next segment [edit: segment of my writing] is wrong for the same reasons presented by your girl, and thought of previously by me, but is a step in a direction that might have a solution i have not thought of. keep in mind though, that their understanding of the universe, and the models they have made, could be wrong. what if a time travel movie addressed a static universe theory? or even that the earth was the center of the universe, and never moved, or rotated... why they never entertain this is beyond me. i mean it's science fiction. you should be able to explore ideas and stories such as these... right? here's my new "crazy" thought. provided by a person who never thought it would be used in this way. what if the universe rotated around you. by "you" i mean anyone of us at any given moment. relativity taken to the some=teenth dimension. so no matter how you made your way to the future, you were always on level ground... this is why time travel is stupid unless you're an angel of god, or just god.... no way to make it work as a human.

in norway the cops dont cary guns but if the know its thareat of the suspect to hav a weapon then they bring the guns

Thought it's on Netflix.

@VikingsReact

3 жыл бұрын

HBO 🙂

So you are from Denmark, Norway or Sweden? Sorry im new in this channel:D

@VikingsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Slavic, actually! But live in the U.S. We do Viking-age reenactment and living history. Welcome to the channel!

@kanukki84

2 жыл бұрын

@@VikingsReact thanks and great channel:D

Pause too much pausing

These guys are so not Norwegian maybe Scottish/Irish