Old Norse language
Here are entered works about the Old Norse (Western Norse) language in general, as well as the Icelandic language to 1550 and the Norwegian language to 1350. Works about the East Norse languages, i.e. Old Danish and Old Swedish, are entered under Danish language and Swedish language with the appropriate period subdivision.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Old Norse language -- Dictionaries
- Old Norse language -- Etymology
- Old Norse language -- Grammar
- Old Norse language -- History
- Old Norse language -- Readers
- Altnordish language
- Icelandic and Old Norse languages
- Icelandic language -- To 1550
- Norwegian language -- To 1350
- Old Icelandic language
- Old Norwegian language
- Western Norse language
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A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910), by Geir Tomasson Zoega (page images in Czech Republic)- An Icelandic-English Dictionary (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1874), by Richard Cleasby and Gudbrandur Vigfusson, contrib. by George Webbe Dasent
- Om Navnet Ýmir (in Danish; Copenhagen: B. Lunos Boktrykkeri, 1874), by Konráð Gíslason (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Icelandic: An Introductory Course (Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press in association with the American-Scandinavian Foundation, c1981), by Sigrid Valfells and James E. Cathey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Altisländisches Elementarbuch (second edition, in German; Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1921), by Andreas Heusler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- An Icelandic Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary, by Henry Sweet
- Det Norsk-islandske Skjaldesprog omtr. 800-1300 (in Danish; Copenhagen: S. L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri, 1901), by Finnur Jónsson
- An Icelandic Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary, by Henry Sweet
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Extinct languages -- Maps- Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (third edition; Paris: UNESCO, 2010), ed. by Christopher Moseley (page images at Unesco)
- Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis (fourth edition, with a biographical memoir of the author; London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1907), by Martin Haug, ed. by Edward William West
- The Complete Text of the Pahlavi Dinkard (the surviving books in 2 volumes, in Pahlavi; Mumbai: Society for the Promotion of Researches into the Zoroastrian Religion, 1911), ed. by Dhanjishah Meherjibhai Madan (page images at HathiTrust; pages may be in reverse order)
- The Pahlavi Text "King Husrav and His Boy" Published With its Transcription, Translation and Copious Notes (Paris: P. Geuthner, ca. 1921), ed. by Jamshedji Maneckji Unvala (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, c2017), by Andrew Ollett (Epub and PDB with commentary at UC Press)
- Swedish: Basic Course (1982, with supplementary audio material), by Ingrid Beach, Anne-Marie Carnemark, Margareta Feller, and Margareta Weyl (PDF and audio files at livelingua.com)
- A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), ed. by Jeffrey Scott Love, Inger Larsson, Ulrika Djärv, Christine Peel, and Erik Simensen (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- A Dictionary of the Dano-Norwegian and English Languages / Dansk-Norsk-Engelsk Ordbog (third edition, in Danish; Copenhagen: Gyldendal (F. Hegel and Son), 1897), by A. Larsen, ed. by Johs. Magnussen
- Norwegian-English School Dictionary (Northfield, MN: St. Olaf College Press, c1943), by Theodore Jorgenson (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of the Dano-Norwegian and English Languages / Dansk-Norsk-Engelsk Ordbog (third edition, in Danish; Copenhagen: Gyldendal (F. Hegel and Son), 1897), by A. Larsen, ed. by Johs. Magnussen
- A New Pocket-Dictionary of the English and Dano-Norwegian Languages (fourth impression; Leipzig: O. Holtzes Nachfolger, 1906), ed. by J. R. Ainsworth Davis
- Norwegisch-Dänisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (2 volumes in German; Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1910-1911), by Hjalmar Falk and Alf Torp
- Norwegisch-Dänisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (2 volumes in German; Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1910-1911), by Hjalmar Falk and Alf Torp
- Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok (in Norwegian; Kristiania: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), 1919), by Alf Torp
- An English and Swedish Dictionary: Wherein The Generality of Words and Various Significations are Rendered Into Swedish and Latin (second edition; Harg, Sweden: P. Momma, 1757), by Jakob Serenius (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dictionnaire Polyglotte en Six Langues: Français-Allemand-Anglais-Suédois-Italien-Russe des Termes de la Machine à Vapeur et de Ses Différentes Applications / Shesti-Iazychnyi Slovar: Frantsuzsko-Niemetsko-Anglo-Shvedsko-Italiansko-Russkii (St. Petersburg, Russia: Imperial Academy of the Sciences, 1865), by Andrei Mikhailovich Engel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Svensk Bygd i Österbotten, Nu och Fordom: En Namnunders¨kning (2 volumes (Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland #155 and #171) in Swedish; Helsinki, 1921-1923), by T. E. Karsten
- America Not Discovered by Columbus: A Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen, in the Tenth Century (with an appendix on Scandinavian languages; Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Co.; London: Trübner and Co., 1874), by Rasmus B. Anderson
- The Norwegian Language in America: A Study in Bilingual Behavior (2 volumes; Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953), by Einar Haugen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Scandinavian Studies (partial serial archives)
- Scandinavian Studies and Notes (full serial archives)
- Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (full serial archives)
- Maal og Minne (partial serial archives)
- Diplomatarium Faeroense, Føroyskt Fodnbraevasavn: Miðalaldarbrøv upp til Trúbótarskeiðið (only volume known to be published; in Faroese; Tórshavn: H.N. Jacobsen; Copenhangen: Prior, 1907), by Jakob Jakobsen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Verbal Syntax and Case in Icelandic, in a Comparative GB Approach (dissertation, 1989), by Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Verbal Syntax and Case in Icelandic, in a Comparative GB Approach (dissertation, 1989), by Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The English Dialect Grammar: Comprising the Dialects of England, of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and of Those Parts of Scotland, Ireland and Wales Where English is Habitually Spoken (Oxford et al.: H. Frowde, 1905), by Joseph Wright
- Sparbu-Maalet (in Norwegian; Oslo: Student-Maallaget, 1903), by Karl Braset
- Norske Maalsamlingar Fraa 1740-Aari (Handskr. nr. 597. 4to i Kallske Samling) (Aeldre Norske Sprogminder #4, in Norwegian; Oslo: J. Dybwad, 1923), by Knud Leem, ed. by Torleiv Hannaas
- The Norwegian Language in America: A Study in Bilingual Behavior (2 volumes; Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953), by Einar Haugen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Maallaere og Ordtoke Fraa Vest-Agder, Fraa Fyrste Helvti av 1600-Talet (Handskr. no. 464, 8 i Thottske Samling) (Aeldre Norske Sprogminder #1, in Norwegian; Oslo: Grøndahl & Son, 1911), ed. by Torleiv Hannaas (with a later monograph in the series; multiple formats at Google; US access only)
- Beginners' Book in Norse (Minneapolis: Augsburg publishing house, 1910), by J. A. Holvik
- Lesebok fyr Born ("fyrste bandet"; no further volumes known; in Norwegian; Bergen: M. Litleré, 1889), by Andreas Austlid
- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2015), ed. by Kristine Bentzen, Janne Bondi Johannessen, and Henrik Rosenkvist (PDF files with commentary at John Benjamins e-Platform)
- Studier Över de Sörmländska Stadsmålens Kvalitativa Ljudlära (2 volumes, in Swedish; Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri, 1918-1927), by Olof Gjerdman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2015), ed. by Kristine Bentzen, Janne Bondi Johannessen, and Henrik Rosenkvist (PDF files with commentary at John Benjamins e-Platform)
- Studier Över de Sörmländska Stadsmålens Kvalitativa Ljudlära (2 volumes, in Swedish; Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri, 1918-1927), by Olof Gjerdman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2015), ed. by Kristine Bentzen, Janne Bondi Johannessen, and Henrik Rosenkvist (PDF files with commentary at John Benjamins e-Platform)
- Swedish: Basic Course (1982, with supplementary audio material), by Ingrid Beach, Anne-Marie Carnemark, Margareta Feller, and Margareta Weyl (PDF and audio files at livelingua.com)
- A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), ed. by Jeffrey Scott Love, Inger Larsson, Ulrika Djärv, Christine Peel, and Erik Simensen (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)