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Handout: The Two Main Manuscripts of the Poetic Edda
A handout about the two main manuscripts that provide the texts of the Poetic Edda.
Handout: Types of Abbreviations in Old Norse Manuscripts
A handout discussing the various abbreviations used in Old Norse manuscripts.
History World - The Vikings
Short articles about the Vikings.
Icelandic Saga Map Project
The Icelandic Saga Map project has created an interactive map of the Icelandic sagas, linking places on the map to events in the sagas.
In Our Time - The Norse Gods
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vikings’ myths. Thor’s huge hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, howling wolves and fierce elemental giants give a rowdy impression of the Norse myths. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old…
Interactive Map of Dublin from Dublinia
An interactive map of Dublin with a slider allowing a view of the city development through the Viking and Medieval periods. Produced by Dublinia as part of their Online Learning Resources, and available for Primary Level and for Everyone.
King Cnut and the Conquest of England
This website is a 'virtual exhibition', created as a collaboration between staff and students at UCL, Birkbeck College, and the University of Oxford. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the 1000th anniversary of Cnut's accession to the English…
Lecture notes on Gísla saga Súrssonar
Notes produced by Rebecca Merkelbach for an introductory lecture at Cambridge on Gísla saga Súrssonar (one of the Sagas of Icelanders dealing with the outlaw Gísli ).
Lecture Slides: Introduction to Old Norse (Language)
Slides from three lectures introducing undergraduate students to Old Norse, with the main points of grammar covered as well as exercises to accompany the explanations. Includes a passage from Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða for translation. Used in Old…
Life and Afterlife: Dealing with the Dead in the Viking Age
Professor Neil Price delivers the second of three lectures, September 26, 2012, focusing on the fundamental role that narrative, storytelling and dramatisation played in the mindset of the Viking Age (8th-11th centuries), occupying a crucial place…
Menota - Medieval Nordic Text Archive
Menota is a network of archives, libraries and research departments working with medieval texts and manuscript facsimilies. The website links to numerous resources related to this topic.
MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - Trailer
This is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here: http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
Norges historie: 800-1050 vikingtid
Short summary about the Viking Age in Norway with links to further articles
Norges Historie: Vikingtiden
Supplementary resources for the book Norges Historie: en innføring
Northmen: A Viking Saga - Lesson Plan
A lesson plan using the film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga' as the basis for a series of lessons and exercises about the Vikings.
Old Icelandic to English Dictionaries Guidance
Guidance on dictionaries for translating Old Norse/Old Icelandic to English, including online dictionaries.
Old Norse Online from the University of Texas at Austin (Hyperlink)
A comprehensive Old Norse online course from the University of Texas at Austin, produced by Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum. It is divided into lessons, and covers the main points of Old Norse grammar, as well as reading practice. Access at…
Old Norse-Icelandic Grammar: A basic course
A short introduction to Old Norse-Icelandic grammar.
Online Learning website from Dublinia
The Online Learning Website from Dublinia features interactive maps of Viking and medieval Dublin, and nine audio visual animations on historical sites in the city, available via a free online platform at http://dublinia.ie/online-learning/
Online Version of Zoëga, 'A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic' (Hyperlink)
An digitised, online, searchable version of the Geir T. Zoëga, 'A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic' (1910) by http://norse.ulver.com/