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A final paper I wrote for my history of the scandinavian languages class. I have not read it since spending 1000 hours writing it in the last week. I am not even sure it is in English. Theme: Icelandic Language Ideologies

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ek sjá

þú sér

hann sé

vér sém

ér séð

þeir sé

FUN FACT!!!

In manuscripts, prepositions are almost always connected to the word they modify.

Example: í fjǫllum : ifialom
(Volsunga Saga, Bugge eddition, page 30, line 66)

Þegar: immediately (when in Modern Icelandic)

Þaðan: from where?

lið: people, men, army

títt: frequently

hrið: a while

hjá: near, close to

nema: unless, rarely to know (see Volsunga Saga in the poems)

leggja: to lay

haf: half, ocean

áðr: before
aðr: other

aldri: never, ever

enn: again

unni: to allow, to love, to be contented with

fyrr: first

sǿkja: to seek

hverr at ǫðrum :  ”one after the other”
sá engi: “not that one”
bjoða við: “offer in exchange for”
þenna aptan: “that evening”
hvatvetna: “each of the things”

icelandicreverie:

Learning Icelandic:

• Digital Dialects: Basic words and phrases in Icelandic
• Icelandic 101: A great source for beginners, including pronunciation guides and history on the language.
• Icelandic Online: Free Icelandic lessons put out by a university in Iceland
• ieLanguages: A very basic guide to Icelandic
• Live Mocha: A great website with multiple lesson levels. (A poor man’s Rosetta Stone, if you will.)
• My Languages: Very basic Icelandic lessons
• Quizlet: Colloquial Icelandic flashcards
• Tungumalatorg: Icelandic video lessons with subtitles to help with following and understanding the dialogues.

Pronunciation:

• Introduction to Icelandic Pronunciations
• Forvo: Lists of words with translations and native pronunciations.
• Sigur Ros: Icelandic Pronunciations
• Wikipedia: Icelandic Phonology

General:

• Icelandic Phrases for conversational Icelandic
• Short list of basic greetings and phrases
• Icelandic poems with their English translations

Grammar:

• Icelandic mini-grammar: A brief introduction to Icelandic grammar.
• Mirmir: A website with nothing but Icelandic grammar. Very indepth.
• Nativlang: A basic introduction to Icelandic grammar.
• Verbix: A great website that gives conjugations for nearly any verb you can think of. (Also has most other languages as well.)
• Wikipedia: Icelandic Grammar

• Icelandic Noun Phrases: An indepth article discussing grammar and noun placement. PDF
• An Icelandic Primer: Grammar text-book. PDF

Icelandic Dictionaries:

• Icelandic-English: This is very indepth, but hard to navigate unless you know what you’re looking for.
• Icelandic-English: A great resource, with links to common abbreviations and short grammar guides.
• English-Icelandic-Danish: Online dictionary that has English-Icelandic, and Danish-Icelandic. Though it may require payments to access some information.
• Slangurorðabókin: Icelandic Slang dictionary. It is in Icelandic, but fun for someone learning to see.

Tumblrs:

• everysinglewordinicelandic: Posts random words with descriptions.
• fuckyeahislenska: Posts pictures with words on them. The posts usually include notes on the declensions and uses. 
• icelandiclanguage: A really great resource for anyone interested in studying Icelandic, run by an incredibly nice person that is always very helpful to anyone with questions.
• longicelandicwords: Like most Germanic languages, Icelandic has many long compound words. This tumblr shares some of the longer ones.

Other:

• Flick: Kind of like an Icelandic Reddit or 9gag.
• Icelandic Tongue-twisters
• Gossip.is: Icelandic Gossip

Radio:

• Bylgjan 98,9: Popular Music (Reykjavik)
• FM957: Popular Music (Reykjavik)
• Gull Bylgjan: Oldies (Reykjavik)
• Létt Bylgjan: ‘Contemporary Adult’ (Reykjavik)
• Lindin Radio: Religious (Reykjavik)
• Rás 1: Classical
• Rás 2: Pop Music/Sports
• Suðurland FM 96.3: Popular Music (Selfoss)
• Útvarp Kántrýbær: Country music (Skagaströnd)
• Utvarp Saga 99,4: News (Reykjavik)
• Xid 97,7: Rock (Reykjavik)

News:

• Bæjarins Besta: News printed in Isafjordur
• Dagblaðið Vísir(DV): Oldest Newspaper in Iceland? Tabloid.
• Eyjafréttir: News from Westman Islands. 
• Eyjar: Local news from Westman Islands.
• Fjarðar pósturinn: News from Hafnarfjörður
• Iceland Review: Icelandic news in English.
• IceNews: Icelandic news in English
• Morgunblaðið: Icelandic newspaper. (This link is for the English page, but it also offers the news in Icelandic)
• Reykjavik Grapvine: News in English; more cultural than political?
• Skarpur: News from Húsavík.
• Sports.is: Sports news
• Víkurfréttir: News from Southwest Iceland
• Vísir: Icelandic News from Reykjavik

in case you are interested in learning a *useful* language ;)

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