Reference Articles

Barnes, Michael. 2005. "Language," in: Rory McTurk (ed.), A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, 31). Malden, MA : Blackwell, pp. 173-189. HOLLIS Record

Faarlund, Jan Terje. "Old and Middle Scandinavian," in: Johan van der Auwera and Ekkehard König (eds.), The Germanic Languages. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 38-71. HOLLIS Record

Noreen, Adolf. "Geschichte der nordischen Sprachen," in Hermann Paul (ed.), Grundriss der germanischen Philologie, 2. Aufl. Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1900-09, Bd. 1: 518-649. HOLLIS Record. Full text available online via Google Books.

Robinson, Orrin W. 1992. "Old Norse," in: Old English and its closest relatives. Stanford: Stanford UP, pp. 58-84. HOLLIS Record 

Historical Grammars

Historical grammars of Old Norse (ON) describe and explain the development of ON from its prehistoric origins (Proto-Indo-European --> Proto-Germanic --> North Germanic --> Proto-Norse) through the attested ON period.   

Gutenbrunner, S. 1951. Historische Laut- und Formenlehre des Altisländischen. Heidelberg: C. Winter. HOLLIS Record

Heusler, A. 1967. Altisländisches Elementarbuch. 7., unveränd. Aufl. Heidelberg: C. Winter. HOLLIS Record

Krause, W. 1948. Abriß der altwestnordischen Grammatik. Halle: M. Niemeyer. HOLLIS Record

Nedoma, R. 2001. Kleine Grammatik des Altisländischen. Heidelberg: C. Winter. HOLLIS Record [Includes a valuable, up-to-date critical bibliography of Norse materials.]

Noreen, A. 1896. Abriß der altnordischen (altisländischen) Grammatik. Halle: M. Niemeyer. HOLLIS Record. Full text available through Google Books

Noreen, A. 1923. Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik. 5. unveränderte Aufl. (Altnordische Grammatik I). Tübingen: M. Niemeyer. HOLLIS Record

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