Old Norse Lesson 1: Introducing the Language

Title

Old Norse Lesson 1: Introducing the Language

Subject

Educational Resource

Description

What is Old Norse? How old is it? How is it related to English and the other languages of Northern Europe?

In this first video of a planned series, Dr. Jackson Crawford (UC Berkeley) sets out what you need to know about the language in order to appreciate what's written in it.

Old Norse Lesson 1 (General Intro.): http://youtu.be/yfWoqIryYa8

Old Norse Lesson 2 (Pronunciation): http://youtu.be/4rajv8BSzRI

Old Norse Lesson 3 (Nouns): http://youtu.be/mxzw2kUbC_I

Old Norse Lesson 4 (Names): http://youtu.be/JmZBwcBgZhU

Old Norse Lesson 5 (The Verb "To Be"): http://youtu.be/Tc1e2s5tN4Y

Old Norse Lesson 6 (Verbs, Part One): http://youtu.be/SushZdCFMVs

Old Norse Lesson 7 (Verbs, Part Two): https://youtu.be/s8HlkKeq5Yk

Jackson Crawford teaches in the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly at UCLA). His new translation of the Poetic Edda, which for the first time renders the stories of the Norse gods and heroes in vibrant, contemporary English, is available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Edda-Stories-Hackett-Classics/dp/1624663567/

Creator

Jackson Crawford

Source

http://YouTube.com

Publisher

Jackson Crawford
published via YouTube.com

Date

24/03/2016

Contributor

Administrator

Relation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfWoqIryYa8

Format

Youtube video

Language

English, Old Norse

Type

MovingImage

Identifier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfWoqIryYa8

Coverage

Modern, Medieval, Viking Age

Duration

12:01

Producer

Jackson Crawford

Director

Jackson Crawford

Files

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