A short practical and easy method of learning the old Norsk tongue or Icelandic language after the Danish of E. Rask ; with an Icelandic reader, an account of the Norsk poetry and the sagas, and a modern Icelandic vocabulary for travellers
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THE ICELANDIC LANGUAGE.
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FRANZ THIMM,
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1868.A SHORT
PRACTICAL AND EASY METHOD
OF LEARNING THE
OLD NORSK TONGUE
OR
ICELANDIC LANGUAGE
THE DANISHAFTER
OF
E. RASE
WITH AN ICELANDIC READER
OF THE NORSK POETRY AND THE SAGASAN ACCOUNT
ICELANDIC VOCABULARY FOR TRAVELLERSAND A MODERN
BY
H. LUND.
EDITION.SECOND CORRECTED
IjOOXriD O3XT:
FRANZ THIMM,
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1869.PREFACE.
The Old Norsk or Icelandic and the Anglo-Saxon may
of the andbe termed the theirEnglish Language,parents
butis not usefulKnowledge only highly absolutely necessary
to educated who looks his withevery Englishman upon language
the of a historian and is more interest-eye philosopher. Nothing
than to look back to these two sources from whence theing
is and a oftongue derived, thorough knowledgeenglish Eng-
lish is with itsbeingonly possible by acquainted 'origin.
withThese Ger-Anglo-Norman,languages together early
medieval and modern to beman, ancient, English, ought
studied.regularly
Rask's we have indicated aBy adapting abridgement simple
method of which we will be foundlearning Icelandic, hope
useful.
generally
The Editor.INDEX.
PART I.
Page
I. The Pronunciation 1
II. Modification of Vowels t>
Inflection of Words &
I. The Noun. 1st. Declension 8
.Una. 9
.IHrd. . . 14,
Declension of Nouns with the Article 18
II. 20Adjectives
The of 26Comparison Adjectives
HI. Pronouns 28
Numerals 3
IV. The Verb 34
Verbs 49Auxiliary
V. Particles 51
The formation of Words 52
54Syntax
55Prepositions
56Prosody
PART II.
The Old Norsk and the 58-73Poetry Sagas
PART HI.
74101Icelandic Reader
PART IV.
.Modern Icelandic for Travellers . 102-121