Yes, our precious genes
too bad the plague wiped out most of it and most of our language.
Atleast you british got a great deal of historic cultural artifacts left. We stole and sold the object in question, used it up, or sacrificed it to the gods. And well, when the british and southern neighbors embraced christianity they basicly "butchered" the small remnants left after the plague. Or saved.. depends on your perspective.
Thank "odin" for Iceland, were those closest to the viking culture atm lives, atleast in language terms. coolest language in existance imho ;D
An example for those who know a little of the language would be this. In norwegian we use the regular garage word for the "car house". In Iceland they created the word "bil-naust" which kind of looses it point in translation. I could try;
bil = "automobile"
naust = "boat house"
Well, not excacly amazing, but I find it real charming how they stick to their language.