Viking Tales of Old Iceland 5

<p>Old Norse is a North Germanic language spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. Old Icelandic is a variety of Old West Norse that emerged during the Norse settlement of Iceland in the second half of the 9th century. The rich tradition of Icelandic story telling survived by oral tradition over several centuries before being written down in the 13th Century. The Tales of Icelanders are known as Íslendingaþættir. The word 'þáttr' (plural: 'þættir') translates as a strand of rope or a yarn comparable to the word 'yarn' in English sometimes used to refer to a story.</p><p></p><p>This book contains:</p><p>- The Tale of Bolli Bollason (Bolla þáttr Bollasonar)</p><p>- The Tale of Thorstein House-Power (Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns)</p><p>- The Tale of Sarcastic Halli (Sneglu-Halla þáttr)</p><p></p><p>The texts are presented in Old Norse and Old Icelandic in their original form with a literal word-for-word line-by-line translation and a Modern English translation all side-by-side. In this way it is possible to see and feel how the worked and how it has evolved. This book is designed to be of use and interest to anyone with a passion for the Old Norse or Old Icelandic language Norse history or languages and history in general.</p>