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
Burning Desires: Vikings in Britain and Ireland 750-1100
Subject
University
Description
Course poster and essay questions for the Burning Desires course at the University of Nottingham. this exhibit gives you an idea of the coverage of the course.
A map of the Viking world as named by (or as known to) the Norse peoples. Whilst the names are not entirely accurate (and include a few not recorded in Norse sources), it does illustrate the extent of Norse activity.
]]>https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2527Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða for translation. Used in Old Norse teaching at Oxford.]]>2016-11-10T07:25:24-08:00
Title
Lecture Slides: Introduction to Old Norse (Language)
Subject
Old Norse Language
Description
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 Norse teaching at Oxford.
Handout on Laxdœla saga saga (The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr) by Joanne Shortt Butler, including extracts from the saga, a family tree and reading list.
Handout: Ari Thorgilsson’s Book of the Icelanders and Icelandic Identity
Subject
Teaching Aid - Old Norse Literature
Description
A short handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the topic of Ari Thorgilsson’s Book of the Icelanders and Icelandic Identity, including a short reading list, questions, and a glossary of terms and characters.
Handout: THE ORIGINS OF SAGAS: COMPOSITION AND TRADITION
Subject
Teaching Aid - Old Norse Literature
Description
A handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the origins of sagas: composition and tradition, including a timeline, extracts from sagas, and a reading list.
A handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the Old Norse literature topic of 'The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi', including background reading, questions to think about, and a glossary of terms and letters.
Common accents in Old Norse and how to use them in MS Word/Windows
Subject
Old Norse Language
Description
A handy reference produced by Joanne Shortt Butler giving the common accents in ON, and the shortcuts for using them in MS Word.
Creator
Joanne Shortt Butler
Source
Author
Publisher
Joanne Shortt Butler
Date
2016
Contributor
Joanne Shortt Butler
Rights
(c) Joanne Shortt Butler
Format
Word Doc
Language
English
Type
Teaching Aid
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2297
Coverage
Viking Age
Scandinavia
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According to the performer, Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir, who chants the poem in the original:
"Hrafnagaldur (Ravens’ spell) is a problem-child in the family of the olden surviving poems in Icelandic. It was even omitted from editions of Edda-poems for a long time. It is in Icelandic OK; we understand every word, name, heiti, and kenning, but somehow a heilabrjótur (brain-cracker), as we seem to find no story or message in it as whole. Even the very name, Hrafnagaldur Óðins is misleading, as it seems not to be in any context with the many little dramatic and interesting events compiled herein.
MY VERSION HERE
Here, Harfnagaldur is chanted in the old tradition of kveða rímur and þulur and kvæði (ríma, þula, kvæði). I composed a stemma to go with Hrafnagaldur. This art was still a living folk entertainment when I was a kid. I loved to stay on farms in the country-side during summer. Old people there, were willing to teach all the olden customs to a curious little city-girl. That is why I know how to hand-milk cows and spin a thread from sheep-wool. Those poems (--long as some of them are--) were recited learned by heart. I have Hrafnagaldur for you (typed in Latin alphabet letters) if you would, so, be able to make something really substantial out of it."]]>2016-11-23T09:53:59-08:00
Hrafnagaldur Óðins is a late-medieval or early modern Icelandic Eddic-style poem, which was considered by early editors to be part of the Eddic corpus.
According to the performer, Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir, who chants the poem in the original:
"Hrafnagaldur (Ravens’ spell) is a problem-child in the family of the olden surviving poems in Icelandic. It was even omitted from editions of Edda-poems for a long time. It is in Icelandic OK; we understand every word, name, heiti, and kenning, but somehow a heilabrjótur (brain-cracker), as we seem to find no story or message in it as whole. Even the very name, Hrafnagaldur Óðins is misleading, as it seems not to be in any context with the many little dramatic and interesting events compiled herein.
MY VERSION HERE
Here, Harfnagaldur is chanted in the old tradition of kveða rímur and þulur and kvæði (ríma, þula, kvæði). I composed a stemma to go with Hrafnagaldur. This art was still a living folk entertainment when I was a kid. I loved to stay on farms in the country-side during summer. Old people there, were willing to teach all the olden customs to a curious little city-girl. That is why I know how to hand-milk cows and spin a thread from sheep-wool. Those poems (--long as some of them are--) were recited learned by heart. I have Hrafnagaldur for you (typed in Latin alphabet letters) if you would, so, be able to make something really substantial out of it."
Creator
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Source
http://YouTube.com
Publisher
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir published via YouTube.com
this is an example of Old Norwegian as it was around 1255. It is again Arne Torp who made the video, check out his website here:
http://folk.uio.no/arnet/
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Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).]]>2016-11-23T09:54:00-08:00
Title
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry
Subject
Thesis
Description
Schorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.
Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).