Ola Wikander
@olawikander.bsky.social
Lundensian. Ugaritologist, Hebraist, Semitist, part IE-ist, author. PhD & Reader/Senior Lecturer, Lund. Ex Pro Futura fellow (Uppsala & Cambridge).
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
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Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
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Ola Wikander
@olawikander.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Thread of all my currently published books! (1/x):
First:
"Unburning Fame: Horses, Dragons, Beings of Smoke, and Other Indo-European Motifs in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible" (2017)
and
"Drought, Death, and the Sun in Ugarit and Ancient Israel: A Philological and Comparative Study" (2014)
First:
"Unburning Fame: Horses, Dragons, Beings of Smoke, and Other Indo-European Motifs in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible" (2017)
and
"Drought, Death, and the Sun in Ugarit and Ancient Israel: A Philological and Comparative Study" (2014)
My own copies have arrived / författarexen anlända!
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My own copies have arrived / författarexen anlända!
Ugaritic word of the day:
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
Ugaritic word of the day:
ʾiqnʾu ("lapis lazuli", "lapis lazuli-colored", "blue", "violet blue", "purple").F
Nya boken "Den undflyende ormen" uppmärksammad av Hedengrens i Sthlm:
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November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nya boken "Den undflyende ormen" uppmärksammad av Hedengrens i Sthlm:
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16) the best historical pronunciation of Hebrew is the Provençal one, for the sheer audacity of its consonant shifts.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
![The very unusual pronunciation tradition of Hebrew can be seen in these examples: the characteristic pronunciation of Hebrew ṯ, s, ś, ṣ, and word-final ṭ and ḏ as [f], z as [v], and š as [s], word-final r as [χ], and syllable-final /n/ and /m/ as [ŋ].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fujsnmqkn7n4pcmd5ybt7jld/bafkreihdjlyzfdte2j3caycwnw7vpnlzajr236hjpenbtm5dec7ttceaga@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
16) the best historical pronunciation of Hebrew is the Provençal one, for the sheer audacity of its consonant shifts.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
I truly do hate the fact that someone chose not to use NA as the default version of Unicode cuneiform.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I truly do hate the fact that someone chose not to use NA as the default version of Unicode cuneiform.
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Counterpoint: a proto-Germanic bagel would be stale beyond toasting now
so theoretically we could reconstruct Proto-Germanic *baugilaz "bagel" (or at least "ringlet").
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Counterpoint: a proto-Germanic bagel would be stale beyond toasting now
Reposted by Ola Wikander
so theoretically we could reconstruct Proto-Germanic *baugilaz "bagel" (or at least "ringlet").
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
so theoretically we could reconstruct Proto-Germanic *baugilaz "bagel" (or at least "ringlet").
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
The Eagle has landed! Or, well, the Dragon, rather.
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Eagle has landed! Or, well, the Dragon, rather.
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Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
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Mycket rolig, insiktsfull och positiv understreckare av Kristoffer Leandoer i dagens SvD om min nya bok "Den undflyende ormen: Kampen mot drakar, kaos och undergång från Bibeln till vår tid"! (På Nirstedt/Litteratur)
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mycket rolig, insiktsfull och positiv understreckare av Kristoffer Leandoer i dagens SvD om min nya bok "Den undflyende ormen: Kampen mot drakar, kaos och undergång från Bibeln till vår tid"! (På Nirstedt/Litteratur)
Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wooot wooot! "Den undflyende ormen", min nya bok, kan nu beställas (här Bokus, men också annorstädes). Semitisk- och indoeuropeiskspråkiga drakar och stormgudar åt folket!
A new video by (self-described!) Generic Irish PlayStation Man! Huzzah!
Come watch my very long video about Taito games on the PS1, every single one in fact! Can you believe how much Bub and Bob you're about to see? Bubble Dragon fans come through!
A Look at EVERY Taito PS1 Game is out now!!!
Likes and shares greatly appreciated as always <3
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A Look at EVERY Taito PS1 Game is out now!!!
Likes and shares greatly appreciated as always <3
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A Look At EVERY Taito PS1 Game | Sean Seanson
YouTube video by Sean Seanson
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October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A new video by (self-described!) Generic Irish PlayStation Man! Huzzah!
New name for a linguistics rap group: "MC Thinks and the Quirky Subjects".
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
New name for a linguistics rap group: "MC Thinks and the Quirky Subjects".
Actually using the (scattered) parts of my unfinished Classical Hebrew primer in teaching feels very good indeed!
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Actually using the (scattered) parts of my unfinished Classical Hebrew primer in teaching feels very good indeed!
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Ugaritic word of the day:
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ugaritic word of the day:
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
šbʕr ("to shine, to illuminate" – Š causative of bʕr, "to burn").
It's still warm!
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's still warm!
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
New article after post-seminar changes. Will go over it thoroughly once more, pen in hand, reading as though it were by someone else (as far as that is possible!) before submitting it.
Watching Agents of SHIELD season 6 on one half of the screen and fixing the bibliography for a new article on the other. There are certainly worse ways to spend a night!
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Watching Agents of SHIELD season 6 on one half of the screen and fixing the bibliography for a new article on the other. There are certainly worse ways to spend a night!
When I hear someone on YouTube saying "Three years ago, when everybody on the internet was Reformed Baptist..." – then I know people live in very different worlds.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When I hear someone on YouTube saying "Three years ago, when everybody on the internet was Reformed Baptist..." – then I know people live in very different worlds.
American "What is Sweden like?" youtuber pronouncing "köttbullar" as "chut-blah".
One point for trying, I guess.
One point for trying, I guess.
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
American "What is Sweden like?" youtuber pronouncing "köttbullar" as "chut-blah".
One point for trying, I guess.
One point for trying, I guess.
Very cold ice cream in rose hip soup (Sw. nyponsoppa) is one of the greatest inventions of modern life. Especially when bits of the soup freeze. Utter perfection.
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Very cold ice cream in rose hip soup (Sw. nyponsoppa) is one of the greatest inventions of modern life. Especially when bits of the soup freeze. Utter perfection.
Gothic Lundensian Academia.
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Gothic Lundensian Academia.
There I go again, adding a passage on a Luwian text to my manuscript on Northwest Semitic poetics. Will I ever learn.
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There I go again, adding a passage on a Luwian text to my manuscript on Northwest Semitic poetics. Will I ever learn.
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This beautiful little poem by Doireann Ní Ghríofa plays cleverly with English and Irish,how words shift in meaning and emotional resonance
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#gaeilge
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#gaeilge
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This beautiful little poem by Doireann Ní Ghríofa plays cleverly with English and Irish,how words shift in meaning and emotional resonance
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#gaeilge
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#gaeilge
Once upon a time (be it said,quite a long time ago), I thought the name of the magazine Granta was from Sanskrit grantha. Would have been cool.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Once upon a time (be it said,quite a long time ago), I thought the name of the magazine Granta was from Sanskrit grantha. Would have been cool.