Re: Working My Way through E.V. Gordon's Old Norse

Hello Andy!

Welcome to the group. Have you tried Barnes' A New Introduction to Old Norse ISBN 0 903521 45 8? It also comes with an accompanying Reader and Glossary. You should be able to get hold of them quite cheaply through the Viking Society for Northern Research based at University College London. I find Barnes' explanation of the grammar more user-friendly than Gordon's.

Cheers,

Sarah.

----- Original Message -----

From: Andrew Higgins

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 2:46 PM

Subject: [norse_course] Working My Way through E.V. Gordon's Old Norse

Greetings Old Norse Group Happy New Year. I have worked through the lessons on the site which are really good and much appreciated. I am now starting on E.V. Gordon's Introduction to Old Norse starting with the Selections from the Edda's . More at the translating not reading stage so doing a written translation of it. Would be good to hear of anyones experiences with the Gordon text. Also picked up for £3 at Foyles in London Anthony Faulkes Stories from the Saga of the Kings (text and notes) - these are short stories (thattr) that were appended to some of the large sagas. Hoping to be a more active of this group in the coming months! Best for the New Year! Andy Higgins ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

A Norse funny farm, overrun by smart people. Homepage: http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/ To escape from this funny farm try rattling off an e-mail to: norse_course-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com