Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic

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.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse Byock, Randall Gordon
• Publisher: Jules William Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2021
• EAN: 9780988176409
• ISBN: 978-0-9881764-0-9
• No. of pages: 122
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 199 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies