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Geir
T. Zoega.
A Concise Dictionary of
Old Icelandic.
Toronto University Press, April 2004.
MART: The Medieval
Academy Reprints for Teaching no. 41.
560pp.
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Paperback ISBN 0802086594 $29.95/£20.00
Hardback ISBN 0802087051 $95.00/£60.00
The Scandinavian influence
was the earliest, and arguably one of the strongest external forces
that went into the making of modern English. Consequently, a knowledge
of the Icelandic language is of utmost importance. Not only does
Icelandic supply a linguistic basis for such a study, it also provides
the source of a great deal of the necessary information for the
understanding of medieval British history. Old Icelandic literature,
both in poetry and prose, presents a wealth of interesting material,
which in some respects stands unrivalled among the literatures of
medieval Europe, and without which, one's knowledge of the ancient
North would certainly be limited.
First published in England in 1910 and last printed in 1975, Geir T.
Zoega's A Concise Dictionary of Old
Icelandic has long been the foremost reference source for the
Icelandic language. Compiled on the general principle of including all
the words the ordinary student of Icelandic is likely to meet, the
dictionary has helped to bring about a wider interest in the language
and literature of Iceland and is considered an essential complement to
the study of medieval Nordic literature.
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