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Old Norse- The language of Scandinavia before AD 1400, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic.
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...The changing processes that distinguish Old Norse from its older form, Proto-Norse, were mostly concluded around the 8th century, and another transitional period that led up to the modern descendants of Old Norse (i.e., the modern North Germanic languages) started in the mid- to late 14th century, thereby ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute. For instance, one can still find written Old Norse well into the 15th century.Torp, Arne, Lars S. Vikør (1993) Read full entry
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- 1.Old Norse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- These dialects derive from the Old West Norse dialect. ... Gradually, Old Norse splintered into the modern North Germanic languages: ...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O
ld_Norse
- 2.Old Norse Online: Series Introduction
- This series covers Old Norse texts, ca. 9th - 14th centuries A.D. ... Old Norse may be succinctly characterized as the "language of the vikings" ...
- http://www.utexas.edu/cola/cen
ters/lrc/eieol/norol-0-X.html
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To acquaint oneself with Old Some say West Frisian most
closely resembles Old English
and that Old Norse most
resembles Icelandic. I read
elsewhere that Icelandic
resembles both Old English and
Old Norse moreso than West
Frisian. Thoughts?
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Icelandic more closely resembles old Norse, due to its age and purity, and the fact that both Old Norse and Icelandic are viking languages. - The language involves heavy inflection and a runic letters, one of which is not used any more in other Scandinavian languages. Over the years, only minute fractions of pronunciation have changed, but the alphabet, grammar and vocabulary has been mostly preserved. Even today, very few "modern" words are based off of Latin or Greek. Instead, they are compound words based off of already existing Icelandic words. West Frisian is closer to Old English because of its Germanic roots and integration of some Romance language characteristics. - West Frisian has more anomalies that are caused by French influences (Flanders was often inhabited by the French because of its textile industry). Here are some links: http://www.omniglot.com/writin g/icelandic.htm - Good introduction to the language and its peculiarities. http://digicoll.library.wisc.e du/IcelOnline/ - This offers free íslensku/ensku literature and grammar explanations. The dictionary is very handy as well. www.livemocha.com - This is a fantastic site that teaches Icelandic amongst other languages. It has many native Icelandic speakers who give technical explanations to the language, while the website itself does a good job at increasing fluency. Audio is also provided. http://www.omniglot.com/writin g/frisian.htm - I've never learned Frisian, but hopefully this helps. |
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Anyone know how to get I have a quote that i would
like to get translated into
Old Norse, as it is derived
from the language. Does anyone
know where i could find
someone/thing that could
translate it into Old Norse?
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check the site omniglot.com. You could post the message on the forum. There's a chance to meet translators from/to most exotic languages... |
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A good web source for old I'd like to find a nice web
source for old Norse legends,
sagas and poetry. Something
that's not Wikipedia. ;)
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Poetic Edda http://www.sacred-texts.com/ne u/poe/index.htm Prose Edda http://www.sacred-texts.com/ne u/pre/index.htm Teutonic Myth and Legend http://www.sacred-texts.com/ne u/tml/index.htm EDIT Godchecker isn't too bad for some basic stuff http://www.godchecker.com/ |
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