Now That Was Interesting!

I just came across some readings from
the Edda by Stefán Karlsson. He attempts
to use "old" sound values; at least for
the vowels. Actually I think I do it a
bit better ;)

You can access the readings (and, by all
means, do so) by going to this page:

http://www.fva.is/harpa/malsaga/index.html

and selecting:

Saga íslenskunnar [History of Icelandic]
-> Sýnishorn [Sample]
-> 13. aldar íslenska [13th century Icelandic]

Then you have a selection of short audio
files with accompanying text and notes
(in Icelandic).

You can also have some examples of Proto-Norse
read aloud(!) For some reason the author has
decided to use strophes from the Atlakviða
"projected" into Proto-Norse, instead of using
an actual PN-text. Rather puzzling :) The reader
gives a lot of feeling into the reading. This is
great fun listening to - I sincerely recommend it.
I got the impression of Sauron reciting "One ring
to rule them all..." in Black Speech (Ash nazg
durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk,
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul).

Anyway; this can be found in much the same way:

Saga íslenskunnar [History of Icelandic]
-> Sýnishorn [Sample]
-> Frumnorræna [Proto-Norse]

The reader makes some obvious mistakes and fails
to differentiate between certain phonemes (/r/ and
/R/ for example) but on the whole it's not too bad.

So, listen to the files and share your thoughts on them :-)

Regards,
Haukur