If the teachers can explain to us how on earth we can
learn the language of the "Old" line shown above, without,
at the same time, learning the language of the "Mod" line,
we would be grateful indeed.
Eysteinn, why not consider your point made? Those who want to go to the
bookstore or library and pick up a copy of "Icelandic for Beginners" are
welcome to do so. For me, I already have a course on the language I want to
study, which is Old Norse, and it's right here. If, someday in the future, I
find that my studies have enabled me to read novels in Modern Icelandic, and
if I have a desire to do so, then I'll indeed be fortunate, but in the
meantime I don't care.