Syllabus for Old Icelandic Texts

Fornisländska texter

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 5NS105
  • Education cycle: First cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Swedish G1F

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2010-04-08
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2021-12-21
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2022
  • Entry requirements:
  • Responsible department: Department of Scandinavian Languages

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2022

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Haugen, Einar First grammatical treatise : the earliest Germanic phonology : an edition, translation and commentary

    2., rev. ed.: London: Longman, 1972

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Hallberg, Peter Den fornisländska poesien

    Stockholm: Svenska bokförlaget (Bonnier), 1962

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Hallberg, Peter Den isländska sagan

    2. uppl.: Stockholm: Läromedelsförl., 1964

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Iversen, Ragnvald; Halvorsen, E.F. Norrøn grammatikk

    7. utg.: Oslo: Aschehoug, 1973

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Lönnroth, Lars Skaldemjödet i berget : essayer om fornisländsk ordkonst och dess återanvändning i nutiden

    Stockholm: Atlantis, 1996

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Ström, Folke Nordisk hedendom : tro och sed i förkristen tid

    3. uppl.: Göteborg: Esselte studium (Akademiförl.), 1985

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Wessén, Elias De nordiska språken

    11. uppl. (Nytryck 1992): Stockholm: AWE/Geber, 1979

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Alexander Jóhannesson, Isländisches etymologisches Wörterbuch

    Bern: Francke Verlag, 1956

    Find in the library

  • Cleasby, Richard Vigfusson, Gudbrand; Craigie, William A. An Icelandic-English dictionary

    2. ed.: Oxford: Clarendon P, 1957

    Find in the library

  • Fritzner, Johan Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog

    4., omarb., forøget og forb. udg.: Oslo, c 1972-1973: 1972-1973

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  • Heggstad, Leiv; Hødnebø, Finn.; Simensen, Erik. Norrøn ordbok

    5. utg. av Gammalnorsk ordbok ved Hægstad og Torp: Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 2008

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  • Sveinbjörn Egilsson, Finnur Jónsson, Lexicon poeticum antiquae linguae septentrionalis

    2. udg.: København: Atlas bogtryk, 1966

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  • Vries, Jan de Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch

    3. Aufl.: Leiden: Brill, 1977

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon, Íslensk orðsifjabók

    Reykjavík: Ordhabók Háskólans, 1989

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