Henry Sweet

An Old Icelandic Primer Henry Sweet

This book is a basic introduction to the Old Icelandic language of the 13th and mid-14th Centuries. It includes a detailed grammar, pronunciation, as well as texts with a glossary. Changes in this edition from the original include fixing the spelling to fit more modern standards for Old Icelandic, as well as a new Introduction and some notes about the phonology. This book includes a basic description of Old Icelandic grammar and pronunciation, as well as sections from the Poetic and Prose Edda, as well as from other sagas.