Hi Ryan!

Good to hear from you!

Have you heard of "A New Introduction to Old Norse - Grammar" by Michael
Barnes pub. by the Viking Society for Northern Research, University College
London ISBN 0 903521 45 8? I found it much more user-friendly than
Gordon's, to put it mildly!! Before that though, it's very useful to go
over Haukur's lessons on this site.

Barnes has also done a Reader and a Glossary. I can give you those ISBN
numbers if you're interested.

Good luck!
Sarah.

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From: "polyglot_79" <polyglot_79@...>
To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: [norse_course] Introduction


Hi everyone,

My name is Ryan and I've just begun studying Old Norse via
independent study with a professor here in Las Vegas at UNLV. I'm a
senior in linguistics and English and I'm looking forward to studying
ON. There is a sad amount of printed materials re: Old Norse, so most
of my study will be online.

I'm using Gordon's "Introduction to Old Norse," but it's difficult
without any background. The grammar notes in the back are heopful,
but for a beginner they're a bit much. The gradations, mutations,
etc. all look quite difficult and there's no basic descriptions. I've
found some courses on this site and others that'll help with the
basica of grammar. My first assignment is a translation of the story
of Auðun.

I'm glad to see that there's such a large community of Old Norse
enthusiasts on the internet.






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