maybe i'll do like you said: learn old english. now that i think about
it, it may be a good starter!!! thanks for the advice!!! and thank
you, N thomsen, for the pdf version of "Zoëga Old Icelandic Dict.".
i'll make good use of it in further studies.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Justin Farwell <chelagil3@...> wrote:
>
> hoo hum,
>
> you know, sometimes learning another relevant, awesome old
germanic language can be a good starter! have you thought about first
learning old english? there are obviously more points at which Old
English and modern English overlap than Old Norse with modern English
(though they are all Germanic). there's also alot more pedagological
material for learning Old English. check out the Northvegr website and
google books for grammars and primers.
>
> unless you can find something that's laid out like a classic
langauge textbook with exercizes (Bright's Old English Grammar and
Reader 3rd Edition and Pollington's First Steps in Old English' come
to mind), you'll have to get used to reading grammars.
>
> if you really want to get to norse as quick as possible, many
people start off learning modern Icelandic (which is almost the same
as Old Norse/ Old Icelandic). I'd recommend "Learning Icelandic" by
Mal og Mening, Reykjavik:2001. Most other books are just primers with
thick grammars like all the other books you will encounter.
>
> good luck!
>
> jay_py012 <jay_py012@...> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm new around here but i'm very enthusiastic with learning old norse.
> so, can you give some tips that may help my learning? i'd apreciate
> any kind of help.
>
> thanks in advance.
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> Nu eow is gerymed; gað ricene to us, guman to guþe;
god ana wat hwa þære wælstowe wealdan note.
> (Now the way is clear for you; O warriors, hasten to the battle;
God alone knows how things will turn out)
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