On Wednesday 19 February 2003 12:00 am, Sarah Bowen wrote:

> Hi Kirsten!
>
> I've found Haukur's internet course invaluable -
> www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/lessons
>
> and also Tarrin Wills' tutorial -
> http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/english/2000/ice/tutorials
>
> and Michael Barnes A New Introduction to Old Norse ISBN 0 903521 45 8
> available from University College London (amongst other places). He also
> has a Reader and Glossary which are most helpful when you feel ready to try
> some translations. I think those books are £5 each.
>
> Good luck and have fun!
> Sarah.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kirsten Woodward
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [norse_course] tips
>
>
> I would also like to say hello to everyone.
>
> I am studying history and archeology at university at the moment and I
> have become interested in Old Norse, the mythology and langauge. Im quite
> new at this so If any one has got any helpfull tips or book lists they
> could tell me i would be ever so grateful.
>
> Thank you
>
> Kirsten
>
> Stella Dryden <neogeish@...> wrote:
>
> Hello! this is only a note introducing myself. I'm
> starting classes as of today, I'm 21/femme... so, I
> hope you can help me learn a little bit more;)
> Anyways, who else is here? Ciao, Stella
>

Hi everybody,

I've been on this list for ages, but I haven't been keeping up. My goal is to
learn to read the Old Norse, and to understand the 'geist' of the words and
the language. IOW, I'm a big etymology junkie. I haven't made the kind of
progress I would like to have, but that mostly has to do with my lack of
sustained effort.

Here is one page I think is worth being aware of. The Zoëga dictionary is
better accesed elsewhere, but the other resources are only available here.
AFAIK:

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/language_resources.html

Here's the Zoëga dictionary in all it's glory:
http://www.northvegr.org/zoega/index002.html

Please read the intro page before you use it:
http://www.northvegr.org/zoega/

There are lots of resources to be found here.
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/main.html

Of particular interest may be:
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldice/index.html

A site I visit regularly for side-by-side Norse/English is here:
http://www.heathenry.org/lore/index.html

And a really nice Havamal page can be accessed here:

http://w1.859.telia.com/%7Eu85906673/asar/havamal/havamal.html

I've also found Taylor's Icelandic/English Dictionary helpful at times. ISBN
0-87052-801-7

HTH
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STH
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