Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781975779610)

The want of a short and easy introduction to the study of Icelandic has been felt for a long time-in fact, from the very beginning of that study in England. The Icelandic Reader, edited by Messrs. Vigfusson and Powell, in the Clarendon Press Series, is a most valuable book, which ought to be in the hands of every student; but it still leaves room for an elementary primer. As the engagements of the editors of the Reader would have made it impossible for them to undertake such a work for some years to come, they raised no objections to my proposal to undertake it myself. Meanwhile, I found the task was a more formidable one than I had anticipated, and accordingly, before definitely committing myself to it, I made one final attempt to induce Messrs. Vigfusson and Powell to take it off my hands; but they very kindly encouraged me to proceed with it; and as I myself thought that an Icelandic primer, on the lines of my Anglo-Saxon one, might perhaps be the means of inducing some students of Old English to take up Icelandic as well, I determined to go on.

Author: Henry Sweet
ISBN-10: 1975779614
ISBN-13: 9781975779610
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2017
Pages: 92
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d