Old Icelandic

Speech parts

1. Old Icelandic - Noun

2. Old Icelandic - Proper noun

Meaning

the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600

Hypernyms

Examples

Dropping of /w/ in initial /wɾ/ is shared only with Old Icelandic. Source: Internet

For example, the diphthong ai in aigu, þair and waita was not retroactively umlauted to ei as in e.g. Old Icelandic eigu, þeir and veita. Source: Internet

Parallel occurrences — such as Old Icelandic Sui-þjòd "Sweden", Old English Angel-þēod "Anglia" and Old Irish Cruithen-tuath "country of the Picts" — indicate that it may mean "country of the Goths". Source: Internet

In the body of text that has come down to us from until c. 1300, Old West Norse had little dialect variation, and Old Icelandic does not diverge much more than the Old Norwegian dialects do from each other. Source: Internet

From the late 13th century, Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian started to diverge more. Source: Internet

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