Your letter was a pleasure to read, Andy, but I do
not see a comment on the
Rotted shark, can't eat fish personally, so
if lutefisk is ordered you may have
my portion too, ahem I would love to know if they
eat anything else, shame I am
unable to eat the stuff, because the Norwegians
look pretty fit on it
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:29
PM
Subject: [norse_course] Lutekfish - A
Convert and Question
Hey Old Norse Group
I have been lurking on this list
for a while as I
teach myself Old Norse. I live in the U.K. and
am
just back from a week in Trondheim where I visited the
battle field
of Stilkstead where Olaf that is called
Holy fell in battle (and had my
copy of Gordon's Old
Norse with the passage of the Poet Thormod and
Olafr
before the battle to read!) and the Cathedral of
Nideros (Christ
Church) where Olaf became a saint. One
of the most delightful parts of my
visit was
discovering how much I enjoyed Lutekfish. My partner
and
I went to a restaurant right outside of Trondheim
called Kvilhaugen Gard
(highly recommended! and I took
a chance and ordred Lutekfish - the waiter
said most
foreigners do not like it - but I loved it and was
treated to
a second helping at no cost! It served
with lots of condiments
(mustard, honey, etc) to kil
the taste but I loved it pretty plain. I
know this
was the fish of the Vikings (as well as rotted shark
which I
had in Iceland last year) but wondering if
anyone knows the origins of it
and where it is
mentioned in the sagas, etc;
Be also interesting to
know the etymology of the word.
In Old Norse - the verb luta means to
bow down or to
yield - or to pay homage. Any ideas.
that var
gut fiskr!
Thanks, Andy
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