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==Additional Resources==
== Additional Resources ==
This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For more help, use an Icelandic-English dictionary. Additional dictionaries are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bsubject_id%3A338673 Iceland - Language and languages - Dictionaries]. The following is a selected list of titles. Cleasby-Vigfusson is the most comprehensive resource.


This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For more help, use an Icelandic-English dictionary. Several are available at the Family History Library in the International collection. The call numbers begin with 439.6321.  
Bogason, Sigurður Örn. ''Ensk-Íslenzk Orðabók'' (English-Icelandic Dictionary). Reykjavik: Ísafoldarprentsmiðja H.F., 1976. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/371695 FHL book Scand 439.6321 B633e]; not available on film or fiche.


Some helpful dictionaries include:  
Cleasby, Richard; and Vigfusson, Gudbrand. ''An Icelandic-English Dictionary.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/35389 FHL book Scand 439.6321 C558li]; not available on film or fiche. FamilySearch Digital Books [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/61748-redirection An Icelandic-English dictionary]. Online at Germanic Lexicon Project, [http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oi_cleasbyvigfusson_about.html An Icelandic-English Dictionary] and Old Norse.net [https://old-norse.net/search.php An Icelandic-English Dictionary]. A YouTube video by Professor Jackson Crawford utlizes this dictionary as part of his university course, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayo25w0DAi8 Old Norse Unit 2, Lesson 1: Using a Dictionary to Read Old Norse].


Cleasby, Richard, et al. ''An Icelandic-English Dictionary.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. (FHL book Scand 439.6321 C558li; not available on film or fiche.)
Hólmarsson, Sverrir; Sanders, Christopher; and Tucker, John. ''Íslensk-ensk orðabók''. Reykjavík : Iðunn, 1989. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/866637949 FHL Book 439.6321 H731h]; not available on film or fiche. Online at University of Wisconsin-Digitized Collections [https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?id=IcelOnline.IEOrd Íslensk-ensk orðabók].


Bogason, Sigurður Örn. ''Ensk-Íslenzk Orðabók'' (English-Icelandic Dictionary). Reykjavik: Ísafoldarprentsmiðja H.F., 1976. (FHL book Scand 439.6321 B633e; film 0407215.)
Sörenson, Sören; and Hannesson, Jóhann S. ''Ensk-íslensk orðabók með alfræðilegu ívafi.'' Reykjavík: Örn og Örlygur, 1984. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/ensk-islensk-ordabok-med-alfraedilegu-ivafi/oclc/807412451&referer=brief_results WorldCat].


The following English-Icelandic dictionary is available through most bookstores that carry Icelandic books:
Zoëga, Geir Tómasson. ''Íslenzk-Ensk orðabók = Icelandic-English dictionary''. Reykjavík, Iceland : Bókaverzlun Sigurðar Kristjánsson, 1951. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/467013 FHL book 439.6321 Z72e 1951], [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDM-G7CG-W?i=374&cat=467013 FHL film 1224705 Item 2]. Online at Northvegr Foundation, [http://jillian.rootaction.net/~jillian/world_faiths/www.northvegr.org/zoega/index002.html Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic].
 
Sören Sörenson. ''Ensk-íslensk orðabók með alfræðilegu ívafi.'' Reykjavík: Örn og Örlygur, 1984.  
 
Additional dictionaries are listed in the Place search of the FamilySearch Catalog under
 
ICELAND—LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES—DICTIONARIES.  
 
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a free online Iclandic dictionary with readings that complements the University of Iceland's Internet course ''Icelandic Online'', also a free online resource.<br>
 
"Icelandic Online Dictionary and Readings." ''University of Wisconsin Digital Collections''. [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline/ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline]. Accessed 11 February 2009. Cites Sverrir Hólmarsson; Sanders, Christopher; Tucker, John. ''Íslensk-ensk orðabók / Concise Icelandic-English Dictionary''. Reykjavík: Iðunn, 1989. 536 p. 24 cm.<br>
 
The University of Iceland offers a&nbsp;free&nbsp;access online&nbsp;course in Icelandic and Icelandic&nbsp;culture.&nbsp;Sign up for a free&nbsp;account at&nbsp; http://icelandiconline.is/


==Key Words==
==Key Words==