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S&#039;moregoth wrote: High King Ithilion wrote: Tolkien did base the Dalishmen somewhat on the Vikings, so this isn't directly contradictory.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 11:51, April 29, 2017 (UTC) Weren't the Rohirrim like Vikings?

The Rohirrim were based on the Anglo-saxons, while Dale was more Scandinavian:

"The language of Dale and the Long Lake would, if it appeared, be represented as more or less Scandinavian in character; but it is only represented by a few names, especially those of the Dwarves that came from that region. These are all Old Norse Dwarf-names."
 * J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144, (dated 25 April 1954)