MEDVL 3315

MEDVL 3315

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, and the purpose is twofold: the students gain knowledge of an ancient North Germanic language, important from a linguistic point of view, and gain access to the medieval Icelandic (and Scandinavian) literature. The structure of Old Norse (Old Icelandic), phonology, and morphology, with reading of selections from the Prose-Edda, a 13th-century narrative based on the Eddaic poetry. 

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3315

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8669 MEDVL 3315   LEC 001