Recently, deep in the comments on my Facebook page someone wondered what Viking Age Scandinavians would have thought about white supremacists and their misbegotten ilk. They used other words, but forgive me for paraphrasing; I mean, how often do you get to say "misbegotten ilk" and mean it? It's a question I've heard before, and it's been answered by better bloggers than I (I highly recommend Bjorn Bull-Hansen's excellent post, Concepts that Meant Nothing to a Norse Heathen.