The Vikings had no compass but undoubtedly steered by the ... The impression that a Viking fleet must have made under full sail can scarcely be imagined today, but a rhapsodizing monk at the ...

This suggests that the spread of Viking-inspired solar compass technology in the region is a possibility. The medieval discs assessed in the study may have been among such tools introduced by the ...

The name was made up from two Norse words meaning God and death. Other names for it are teleutaia and makhaira. A heavy compass like device, which measures truth. The one given to Lyra was ...