Old Norse "Class," pt. 1: Pronunciation, Vital Vocabulary
Learn Old Norse for free with an experienced expert instructor. This information-packed first lesson covers basic tips for historically accurate pronunciation, plus the most foundational vocabulary you’ll see every time you open a page in Old Norse.
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What's CH sound? I can figure out my name if you can tell me
I got to the "hat" , "had" comment and stalled , because they have the same vowel to me. Doesn't accent make for fun language learning!
Thnx alot for this where im from we dont have such classes so its hard for me
Faen ta deg
Hi! Can you translate in norse :"Odin owns all of you?" Thank you
Is anyone interested in trying to use this language colloquially?
It would be great to create some kind of circle to use Old Norse and motivate eachother.
Vikings Series brought me here as Native in portuguese and some of vogal sounds is easy to understand.
Hi Jackson and all other people here!! Thanks for the wonderful online classes… Can you recommend a band or musician, opera, in which Old Norse is sung in a truthwul-sounding way? 🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏
you never said the meaning of aptr and hversu
I've learnt resrntly it's christianised norse. It not quite right.
Going to have to watch this one again… and again… and again ^_^
Love the Sagas. Have the Heimskringla, the Sagas of the Icelanders, Volsungasaga, (and I'm not even sure what language this one is in,
originally). Egil is my hero, love Grettirsaga, and others, and have always wanted to learn to read them in the original… if I could at least read the Eddas, that would be enough, thanks for this.
Goal:
1) Learn Old Norse
2) Insult Francia and parts of Angland
3) make old Norse Gods Christian for no reason
Here are some timestamps:
02:55 – Simplified pronunciation guide
10:36 – Visual summary of the pronunciation guide
10:41 – Fundamental Vocabulary
16:59 – Vocabulary Practice
18:12 – Vocabulary Practice Answers
19:27 – One-page list of covered vocabulary
19:36 – About my videos
I am way late. I've been reading Viking Language 1, noticed some words are spelled/pronounced differently that in your videos. Is there a reason why?
Like "Braut" and "Brott" mean "away".
What's the endonym of Norse in Old Norse? What did they call themselves in Old Norse?
Thank you so much this is awesome 😤😤
Do you have an online class that can be signed up for?
Thank you. Where i live the university does not offer norse anything. Your awesome my friend
This man is amazing at explaining pronunciation
learning Old Norse from a cowboy, lovin it
Could I use Old Norse to learn languages like Icelandic and vise versa?
Fantastic teacher!
Great video ! I just would like to know, how can I use "at" and "þat" in a sentence ?
Hey, I have a question I'd really like answered. In this video and others, you explain that in Old Norse 'I' is pronounced 'i' like in "deed". Examples of this are 'Loki' and 'aldri'.
However, in listening to your pronunciation of several Old Norse words, such as 'Oðin' and 'illa', the vowel shifts to 'ɪ'' like in 'sit'.
I have to assume that this vowel shift is accurate and not an oversight on your part, but that you have simply left out any explanation as to this shift.
I would love to hear your explanation for this shift, and whether there are any rules as to when or why 'I' will shift to make the different sound. Or, whether it's simply a case-by-case basis where an exception to what was once a rule became common at that point in Old Norse. (And, if there are examples, when and why other Old Norse vowels might make similar shifts.)
I’m just here to say cool quotes and stuff like I’m in gow lol
As someone that speaks fluent English and passable German this is simultaneously fun and frustrating, LOL.
I live in Northern Wisconsin..we don't say road like that! That's more in the upper peninsula!
Nice work man 🙌🏼🙌🏼
any Scandinavians here trying to learn old norse?
What is the “ivory tower” @2:00 lol
I find it interesting that we have the vowel pronunciations, ö, y, trilled r, and stress on first syllable also in Finnish, although that’s a completely different language family, and we were never part of Scandinavia. Thank you for this video, very insightful!
Next time please don't record this outside I put you on Bluetooth speaker and still could barely here you
I want speak like Viking
Very very useful for me that you use similarities in other language (svenska and deutsch)
Would you ever consider being a language consultant for a fantacy writer?
Less than a minute in, and I've already punched the 'like' button
Thank you for bringing sanity back to Old Norse!
No nasal vowels?
Meget spændende næsten som at få sit sprog på en ny måde
Where in America the wh is even now pronounced as hw?
I know I'm late for the party but this video is awesome! Thanks a bunch for sharing this.
Created a memrise course for the vocabulary: https://app.memrise.com/course/6025595/old-norse-by-jackson-crawford/