Old Icelandic

American  

noun

1. Old Norse as used in Iceland. OIcel

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Old Icelandic British  

noun

1. the dialect of Old Norse spoken and written in Iceland; the Icelandic language up to about 1600

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Example Sentences

He went on to study English at Newcastle University, where he taught himself Old Icelandic so he could read the Icelandic sagas.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

In Old Dutch there was "fader"; in Old Icelandic we find "faðir"; in Old High German, a precursor to modern German, it was "fater" – now "vater"; and, finally, in Old Danish, "fathær."

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

Before he became the literary executor of the Tolkien Estate, he was a lecturer in Old and Middle English as well as Old Icelandic at the University of Oxford.

From Fox News • Jan. 17, 2020

Carolyne Larrington, a fellow of St John's College, Oxford University and an expert on Old Norse and Old Icelandic, says there are deep historical links across the North Sea.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2016

This book deals with Old Icelandic in its classical period, between 1200 and 1350.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry