Imagine this…
It’s spring.
You’re a viking.
And you and your mates are rowing your boat up an English river, looking forward to a summer of raping, killing, pillaging and burning.
Then your boat hits a snag.
Crap.
VIKING VOCABULARY
When the vikings started their raids in the British Isles, they brought more than mayhem, they also brought – and left behind – many words.
You know these viking / Old Norse words: egg, happy, die, husband, get, take, give, call.
Another Old Norse word is snagi, which means the sharp branch of a tree.
In the old days, when a boat hit a snag that was hidden under the water, that was a problem.
Now we use it metaphorically.
Here are some headlines from the news:
NASA Launch Hits A Snag
US-Iranian Talks Hit A Snag
Nvidia, OpenAI Deal Hits A Snag
And here’s a message from the Chrome browser:
When was the last time your plans hit a snag?
