I had a large Old Norse dictionary and an Old Norse grammar and no background in Old Norse
when I tackled Egil Skallagrimsonnar: it was fun.
N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD
Professor Emeritus
history & languages
From:
norse_course@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
norse_course@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Edgar Widlund
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009
8:46 PM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Old Norse
grammar
Hi Everyone,
I need some advice and information of ON grammar.I am beginning lesson 8 in the Norse course.
So far, I have not seen where the course covers topics like past tense of verbs,subjunctive tense,
feminine nouns,etc.Is there some information about topics like the foregoing in a concise manner available like a book on topics not covered in the 9 lessons in the course?
After being made aware of the numerous declensions, of various nouns,for instance;It seems all these
different declensions and endings require a vast vocabulary in order to translate the sagas,or Old Norse
literature fairly accurate.This may appear a stupid question but how does one deal with the incredible
amount of all this information ? I guess I can assume a lot of looking up for all these words,items is of course necessary.To summarize, I wonder how much of a vocabulary one should have before reading tON literature?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ed Widlund