Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic

by Jesse Byock, Randall Gordon

Overview

Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic is a new volume in the Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series. A workbook of 17 lessons designed for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative exercises, word games, and map questions. With a full vocabulary and a free Answer Key at oldnorse.org. It also contains Old Norse readings drawn from the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok (recounting Ragnar's attack on England and his death in the snake pit) and mythic passages from The Prose Edda describing a journey of the Norse gods, the great dragon´s treasure, and the magical ring of the dwarves. Supplementary Exercises master Old Norse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780988176409
Publisher:	Jules William Press
Publication date:	03/27/2021
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Jesse Byock is distinguished professor of Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian Studies at UCLA and professor at UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and specializes in the languages, archaeology, sagas and history of the Viking World. In Iceland, Dr. Byock directs the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) and teaches at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in the Department of History and the Programs of Medieval Icelandic and Viking Studies.

Randall Gordon is a specialist in historical linguistics of Celtic and Germanic Languages, with concentrations on the development and grammar of Old Norse and Old Irish. He received his Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies from UCLA.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents for Supplementary Exercises and Reading Passages (Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series)

Initial Lessons

Lessons 1-9 Supplementary Exercises - 1-26

From the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Chap. 15 - 27

1. Ragnar Lodbrok Sails His Ships to England - 27

Lesson 10 Supplementary Exercises - 29

Lesson 11 Supplementary Exercises - 34

From the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Chap. 15 - 38

2. Ragnar Engages in Battle - 38

Lesson 12 Supplementary Exercises - 40

Lesson 13 Supplementary Exercises - 43

From the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Chap. 15 - 48

3. The Battle Turns against Ragnar - 48

Lesson 14 Supplementary Exercises - 50

Lesson 15 Supplementary Exercises - 53

From the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Chap. 15 - 57

4. Ragnar in the Snake Pit Calls to His Piglets - 57

Lesson 16 Supplementary Exercises - 60

Lesson 17 Supplementary Exercises - 64

Passages for Translation

"Otter's Ransom" and "Fafnir, Regin, and Sigurd" Introduction - 67

About Otter's Ransom from The Prose Edda, Poetic Diction Section, Ch. 46 - 68

About Fafnir, Regin, and Sigurd From The Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, Ch. 47 - 77

Editorial Reviews

"The books of the Viking Language Old Norse Series make learning Old Norse easy!"

-Prof. Robert E. Bjork

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