Comments on: Old Norse grammar – on a single page!

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:24:01 +0000

Dear Dr Abram,

I have started learning Old Norse independently and would like to learn the fundamentals of runology. What texts or websites do you consider the best to learn about this subject? Needless to say I am interested from an academic/historical point of view.

By: Luzius Thöny

Luzius Thöny — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:25:56 +0000

I made something similar for each one of the Old Germanic languages, including Old Norse. The sheets are in German, but it should be easy to figure out what’s what.

Download location: http://www.doink.ch/gekritzel/ (look for “Ein-Blatt-Grammatik”)

Feedback on that is welcome.

By: Kate Gladstone

Kate Gladstone — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:14:11 +0000

Could you please make side “a” in a smaller font to allow you to get the middle voice in? (I would also suggest making side “b” in a smaller font to add explanations of the related terminology for verbs’ voice).

Anyone finding that this made the document’s type rather small need only view it as a PDF file (the form it is supplied in) rather than printing it out — because PDFs allow enlarging/reducing the document on screen. (Most people who read grammar-help sheets, after all, study only one small part of the sheet at a time. Enlarging a PDF on screen, so that one sees only a small portion at a time, is in fact an aid to concentration: one does not [e.g.] have to look at verb conjugations while trying to memorize noun declensions.)

By: Alaric Hall

Alaric Hall — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:04:13 +0000

Still no middles on the sheet, I’m afraid, but it does now have a b-side for those who want it: a one-page introduction to the terminology used on the a-side!

Any comments, on either the a-side or the b-side, welcome