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* Hilmisdóttir, | * Helga Hilmisdóttir, '''''Icelandic practical dictionary : Icelandic-English/English-Icelandic''''', New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2017 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/icelandic-practical-dictionary-icelandic-englishenglish-icelandic/oclc/956688334&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
* Taylor, | * A R Taylor, '''''Icelandic-English, English-Icelandic dictionary''''', New York : Hippocrene Books, 2016 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/icelandic-english-english-icelandic-dictionary/oclc/982203906&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
* Zoega, | * Geir Tomasson Zoega, '''''Icelandic-English dictionary''''', Reykjavik : Bokaverzlun Sigurthar Kristjanssonar, 1957 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/icelandic-english-dictionary/oclc/1058075515&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | '''Online Dictionaries''' | ||
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*[https://en.glosbe.com/en/is Icelandic-English Dictionary (Glosbe)] | *[https://en.glosbe.com/en/is Icelandic-English Dictionary (Glosbe)] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/61748-an-icelandic-english-dictionary?offset=4 An Icelandic-English dictionary] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/61748-an-icelandic-english-dictionary?offset=4 An Icelandic-English dictionary] | ||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
* Jónsdóttir, | * Hildur Jónsdóttir, '''''Icelandic''''', London : Hodder Headline, 2004 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/icelandic/oclc/473378360&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
* | * George P Marsh & Rasmus Kristian Rask, '''''A compendious grammar of the Old-Northern or Icelandic language''''', Burlington : Hiram Johnson & Co., 1838 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/compendious-grammar-of-the-old-northern-or-icelandic-language-compiled-and-translated-from-the-grammars-of-rask-by-george-p-marsh/oclc/63628594&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
* Hogg, | * John Hogg, '''''On the history of Iceland, and the Icelandic Language and Literature''''', London: J. Murray, 1859 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/on-the-history-of-iceland-and-the-icelandic-language-and-literature/oclc/37438398&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
* Jónsdóttir, | * Hildur Jónsdóttir, '''''Complete Icelandic''''', London : Teach Yourself, 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/complete-icelandic/oclc/1027691531&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland where it is the national language. It is most closely related to Faroese and Western Norwegian.
The language is more conservative than most other Western European languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four-case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelanders can read classic Old Norse literature created in the 10th through 13th centuries (such as the Eddas and sagas) with relative ease.
Icelandic is closely related to Faroese; the written forms of the two languages are very similar, but their spoken forms are not mutually intelligible.[2] It is not mutually intelligible with the continental Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) and is more distinct from the most widely spoken Germanic languages, English and German, than those three are. [1]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- Icelandic Language alphabet and pronunciation (Omniglot online encyclopedia of writing systems & languages
- How the letters are pronounced in the Icelandic language
- The Alphabet of the Icelandic Language
- Icelandic Alphabet
The Icelandic alphabet is notable for its retention of two old letters that no longer exist in the English alphabet: Þ, þ (þorn, modern English "thorn") and Ð, ð (eð, anglicised as "eth" or "edh"), representing the voiceless and voiced "th" sounds (as in English thin and this), respectively. The complete Icelandic alphabet is: [2]
| Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Á | B | D | Ð | E | É | F | G | H | I | Í | J | K | L | M | N | O | Ó | P | R | S | T | U | Ú | V | X | Y | Ý | Þ | Æ | Ö |
| Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | á | b | d | ð | e | é | f | g | h | i | í | j | k | l | m | n | o | ó | p | r | s | t | u | ú | v | x | y | ý | þ | æ | ö |
Pronunciation Aids
- Icelandic Pronunciation (ielanguages.com)
- Icelandic Pronunciation Guide (World Nomads)
- Icelandic Words, Letters, and Pronunciation Guide
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Language Aids
- Icelandic Grammar - Wikipedia
- Icelandic Grammar - Pinhok Languages
- Icelandic 101
- Learn Icelandic - My Languages.org
- Learn Icelandic Online - ielanguages.com
Dictionaries
- Helga Hilmisdóttir, Icelandic practical dictionary : Icelandic-English/English-Icelandic, New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2017 - Available at WorldCat
- A R Taylor, Icelandic-English, English-Icelandic dictionary, New York : Hippocrene Books, 2016 - Available at WorldCat
- Geir Tomasson Zoega, Icelandic-English dictionary, Reykjavik : Bokaverzlun Sigurthar Kristjanssonar, 1957 - Available at WorldCat
Online Dictionaries
- Icelandic to English Dictionary
- Icelandic Dictionary (Lexilogos)
- Icelandic-English Dictionary (Glosbe)
- An Icelandic-English dictionary
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Hildur Jónsdóttir, Icelandic, London : Hodder Headline, 2004 - Available at WorldCat
- George P Marsh & Rasmus Kristian Rask, A compendious grammar of the Old-Northern or Icelandic language, Burlington : Hiram Johnson & Co., 1838 - Available at WorldCat
- John Hogg, On the history of Iceland, and the Icelandic Language and Literature, London: J. Murray, 1859 - Available at WorldCat
- Hildur Jónsdóttir, Complete Icelandic, London : Teach Yourself, 2010 - Available at WorldCat
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Icelandic language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language, accessed 21 March 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Icelandic language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language#Writing_system, accessed 21 March 2021.