Yeah, it's great isn't it! When I last looked, there were a few other
sagas at the site, but for some reason only these ones were accessible
without a password. Maybe there'll be more in the future.

There must be descriptions of Modern Icelandic pronunciation out there
somewhere on the internet, but I'm not sure where there's a good,
detailed, accurate one to recommend. I suppose which description is
best for any individual will depend one what they know already and how
familiar they are with phonetic symbols, etc. There's some nice
fiddly detail about phonology in the Wikipedia article Icelandic
language, but I'm not sure if there's enough information in there to
work out how that all relates to the writing system. Maybe there's
something in the links [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language ]. Stefán Einarsson's
book 'Icelandic: Grammar, Texts, Glossary' has a detailed description
designed for beginners -- very logically set out. I've found that
quite helpful. Impossible to absorb in one sitting, but the glossary
has a pronunciation guide for every word, so you can keep reminding
yourself, and dip into the detailed instructions as and when.

The Icelandic Online course [ http://icelandic.hi.is/ ] has lots of
snippets of Icelandic to listen to, along with transcripts and
exercises. And there are also some radio and TV stations online, e.g.
Ríkisútvarðið [ http://www.ruv.is/ ].

LN



--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Fred and Grace Hatton"
<hatton@...> wrote:

>
> Thanks for sorting out the sentence also for the site with the awesome
> readings of the sagas!!!
> Hitherto, I have not been able to wrap my head around some of the
> pronunciations and just didn't get far with listening to readings of
> poetry - - which I still find inscrutable - - but a saga reading!!!!

That

> is a whole different story!!! I can actually follow the meaning of

what is

> read AND how it is supposed to sound. Very, very fun stuff!!!
> Grace
>
> LN wrote:
> I think I might have mentioned this before, but for those who don't
> know: this is a good site if you want to hear some sagas read with
> Modern Icelandic pronunciation.
>
> *** Eiríks saga rauða ***
>

http://www.skolavefurinn.is/_opid/islenska/bokmenntir/isl_sogur/tegund/sagas/sogur/eirikssaga_rauda/index.htm

>
> *** Haraldar saga harðráða ***
>

http://www.skolavefurinn.is/_opid/islenska/bokmenntir/isl_sogur/tegund/nordurlond/sogur/haraldur_hardradi/index.htm

>
> *** Laxdæla saga ***
>

http://www.skolavefurinn.is/_opid/islenska/bokmenntir/isl_sogur/tegund/sagas/sogur/laxdaela/index.htm

>
>
>
> Fred and Grace Hatton
> Hawley Pa
>