Rachel Dickinson

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The week ended with a day that in English is named after a Roman god, Saturnus, but in the Scandinavian languages is still lördag, derived from the Old Norse word for a hot thermal spring—in other words, bath night, a lovely insight into Viking habits of hygiene.
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
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