What Old Norse Sounded Like
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2018
- Old Norse would not have sounded exactly like any language spoken today, even Icelandic. Here, a linguist who specializes in Old Norse gives a window into how scholars reconstruct this dead language. Learn Old Norse: • Old Norse "Class," pt....
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Most people who talk about Old Norse will just pronounce it like the Icelandic of today, whereas I use a well-supported reconstructed pronunciation based on texts written in the 1100s-1200s A.D. This means I pronounce the letter Á to rhyme with "caw," not with "cow," among many other differences from Modern Icelandic. I also distinguish certain vowels, such as Ǿ vs. Æ, that are no longer distinguished in Modern Icelandic. These are informed choices, not just mangled Icelandic.
If your from Scandinavia like me
ALL HAIL 👑 RAGER LOTHBROK
Oh my gosh lol... just curious, please entertain this for just a second.
Maori .... if I read this using a Maori alphabet and vows, would it not sound correct? I mean as close as those two languages appear to be ! Haha.
I'm not even sure you will see this answer but know that I'm French, and I was kind of surprised with the low speed at which you told us these texts (just as the opposite for Spanish natives). Could you enlighten me about the fact that it was indeed spoken this slow or if this is a way for you to articulate fully please ?
Thanks in advance ! :D
You can't speak language that have dead for so long, you have information how you should pronunciation, and how it should sound and Icelandic cannot be compared with old norse language.
I guess it's pretty randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online ?
Nothing like a cowboy on top of a mountain talking in old norse
YOU I REMEMBER YOU
MrMishap13 !!!! What you talking about boy?! You remember NOTHING! YoU HEAR ME! No goddamn PINKERTONS gonna hear from you rigth.. or my friend Arthur here gonna pay you a visit someday...
@@elvarsmar2280 Oh Dutch, what have you doen
We all get caught sometime, Dutch. Only freedom a man has is in choosing who catches him.
Lol interesting. Born and raised Texas here, love mountains and have some norse blood.
It has been proven that when you master Old Norse, your voice gets three octaves deeper.
That's funny, because when you master Russian, you blood alcohol level goes up three points.
@JayoJay 😂 I love that show
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I've actually been told many times I sound very different when I'm speaking german as compared to when I'm speaking english (native in both).
Of course I get the wise-asses: "you sound so angryyyy" 😶
Really? My 3 yr old is unimpressed.... 😆
But the different enunciation, or just the sounds made in general would of course change the overall tone - I'm assuming. I'm no linguist (would be very interesting though, guess that's another thing I can put on my list of "things I should have pursued instead...")
"I'm gonna read passages from Hávamál"
>Recites from memory
The Skooma Cat that first poem is in Vikings. Einar selvik gives a beautiful rendition of it
Rai'k don't like this cold country..
Hahaha yeah , seems he has studied up , at least he's practiced and makes an effort , unlike some people that just randomly publish whatever BS they think of as fact.
He is such a wonder I adore him
thats because he's a total god
This friggin cowboy climbed a mountain just to film this video.
The madman.
@kseykshoykshaksat - yeah not really
@kseykshoykshaksat - Bruh. Archaeology is not history lol. I can say from experience as someone with a BA in anthropology and an MA in progress in history.
@kseykshoykshaksat - not quite, archeology mainly consists of the study and uncovering of artifacts in order to piece together lost history.
You’re fun at parties
@@bruhmoment-wu6bp What, me?
Didn’t know I needed this footage of a mountain cowboy reading old norse poetry to me, but here we are.
I guess I got in the club by accident. I just wanted to hear some Norwegian poetry.
@@eminaosmic-hajdarevic6583 old norwegian
and in the middle of nowhere lol
@@Pipinghotitea it's a green screen lol
@@ldive thats a great green screen
Naturally I assume it is spoken faster in conversation.
of course, but I think he is trying to make each pronunciation more clear
it is, way faster
I mean, so does Icelandic from what I know. Norwegian is slow and gentle, I still don't get how Norwegian is categorised with Icelandic and Faroese it boggles my mind a lot
@@mafia2boy33 It's categorised with Icelandic and Faroese because they're all west norse languages. Still, Norwegian is slow and gentle and it is not that close to Icelandic and Faroese
Just set the video speed to 1.5x.
"You're not going to change what a letter means..."
Celtic languages: Hold my beer.
@@democracytherepublic5451 sounds harder than English
@@jordanheights7183 it’s actually more consistent, especially when speaking it. Unlike in English where you have words like “though” and “cough” therefore, I actually think it’s easier to get the hang of when learning it
Hold my mead
Or the Cherokee syllabary...
The english monks be flippin when the shoreline starts speaking norse
F for our Lindisfarne boys
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As a Norwegian I understand a lot of it just by listening. Did not expect a American Cowboy on the top of a mountain read it to me though.
Cool stuff, man 🤝
the funny thing, as an icelander i can read all the text you show easily,
Ivar Markusson because your language hasn’t changed that much and the distance is about 1000 years. You surely can read slowly but understand everything. Something similar happens when you read El Cid (equivalent to The Sagas in info), reading slowly one does understand and the distance with old Spanish is roughly 1000 years too. I think Greeks do this too but in this case their distance with the Classical Greek from the Iliad and Odissey is crazier
@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 No, it's not about reading slowly - people from Iceland can easily read Old Norse, because it has, as you say, changed little. There may be some contextual differences due to the modern age, but if you compare it to my native language - Swedish, I REALLY have to read slowly to understand more than half of the Old Norse in the video.
madmarilyn reading slowly as in, seeing a word that’s spelt different and sticking 5 seconds while figuring out what it is and then continuing smh
@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 5 secs is kind of a long time, and so I wouldn't say that's "easily". But, we can have different views on it without being insulting.
same here, from the faroe islands
as a swede, i am fascinated for sure how i can understand some of the sentences today :)
As an Icelander i'm fascinated to understand all of it :)))
@@Fronverjl oooh look at me , I'm from Iceland , and I speak a badass mythical language and you don't 😮
Me: 😢
@@johnwesson6440 don't cry son 😮
@@Fronverjl wasn't really crying , it's American sarcasm. 😉
Have a good day , magic man lol 🎉🎆🎊🎇🎈✨
@@johnwesson6440 "amerimutt sarcasm"
Thank you for the drawing out the pronunciation of the words a bit. Very helpful in trying to break down the words to refine my own attempts at pronunciation.
NorthStar Vikings it’s not right
@@missjojo184 Care to post a video pronouncing it right then?
It is incredible for me to think that some of my ancestors talked this language. Thank you for this window on the past!
Nordic people are cool
@@InfernalLeo777 thank you :) 🇩🇰
I recognized that first part from the Håvamål, it's at the end of the Wardruna song called Helvegen.
Psygnostic Can I recommend Nytt Land, as well? They interpret the same source material, but very differently. If you have not come across them, you might enjoy their style.
Why are you mentioning Vikings? I don't see quite how that's relevant.
Because a lot of the music is done by Wardruna. Einar Selvik is even in an episode or two.
That's where a lot of people know wardruna from ..
I recognized that, too. Helvegen is one of the few songs I actually like from Wardruna.
Here in north England we still use words that are from old Norse.
There is a village near me called “chop gate” but prounuced “choppy yat”
10% of the English language is old norse
@@Mossige89 Indeed my fellow chap. Også er jeg norsk og svensk 😊
I think it's amazing that we know so much about how Norse actually sounded like even though it's an extinct language, especially since it's still relevant today - from the days of week to popular culture - thanks for all your hard work in this field, and these wonderful videos Dr Crawford - very much appreciated and valued - thank you :)
with the greatest of respect Danny, 1) Dr Crawford calls it extinct - and he's a subject matter expert - 2) yes Icelandic is obviously directly descended from Old Norse - but this does not mean that they are the same thing - language changes and adapts over time - English is not the same thing as Old English - sure there is a direct relationship, but practically speaking they are different languages
Danny Danymal Lee Just as Julia mentioned. However, I'd also like to point out that Latin is considered a dead language (a.k.a. an extinct language), despite the fact that there's an entire group of languages that can be traced back to Latin (these would be the Romance languages), as well as English's massive Latin influence, despite being a Germanic language.
As such, just because a language can accurately be traced back to and/or even greatly resembles that language, doesn't mean that that previous language can't be considered dead because of it.
megin na Nah, he's straight up saying that ON isn't extinct because it morphed into Icelandic with very little to almost no difference, despite the fact that it's still considered a dead language regardless.
megin na His addition of "necessarily" is irrelevant. A language is either extinct or it is not. As such, saying you don't think it's extinct, regardless of the reason, means you don't think it's extinct. Period. No argument.
Julia, Lol. Do you think english people can read old english 100% ? Icelanders can with old norse.. Most words are the same or really similar.
It would be amazing if you could help Duolingo make an Old West Norse language course.
Volunteers are working on an Icelandic one now. But man, having one in Old West Norse would be so very special.
Just found your channel and I'm really happy I did.
Edit: Nevermind - I thought Duolingo volunteers were working on an icelandic course but they aren't, and I don't know how I ended up with that misinformation. My mistake.
I thank you for sharing your wisdom Dr. Jackson Crawford. I also respect your effort to find legitimate information for us. Always be you Dr...
Live Well...
Fight Hard...
And SKÅL...
As a Dane with Danish genealogy dating back further than the Vikings and as a person with a general interest in both history and religion/mythology I am so happy to have stumbled upon this channel. To hear the language my ancestors would have spoken so precise and well studied while actually only understanding the most common names (like Hugin and Munin) is both weird and fascinating at the same time. Thank you for trying to close the gap while also preserving our ancient language ! :)
Ha, ha, I assume your Danish ancestors didn´t speak Old Icelandic.
Even the oldest Icelandic source "Fyrsta málfræðiritgerðin" refers to Danske Tunge as another (obviously older) language separate from Old Icelandic. Danske Tunge was very different from the broken Old Icelandic Crawford insist on mislabeling as "Old Norse".
Here´s a recipe for nut-oil written in 1100-1200s Danske Tunge by the Danish doctor Henrik Harpestreng who died 1244. This text is older than most Icelandic sagas:
Danske Tunge: "Man skal takæ en dysk mæth nutæ kyærnæ oc en æggy skalæ full mæth salt oc en æggy skalæ full mæth het wat oc latæ them samæn i en heet mortel oc stampæ thæt wæl oc writhæ gømæn et klæthæ".
Modern Danish: Man skal tage en tallerken med nøddekerner og en æggeskaldfuld med salt og en æggeskaldfuld med hedt vand og hælde dem sammen i en hed morter og stampe det godt og vride det gennem et klæde.
Icelandic Norrøn: Taka þarf disk af hnetukjörnum og eggjaskurn fulla af salti og eggjaskurn af heitu vatni og hella saman í heitt mortéli og þeyta vel og þrýsta í gegnum klút.
Modern English: You shall take a plate of nut kernels and an eggshell full of salt and an eggshell full of hot water and pour them together in a hot mortar and pound it well and wring it through a cloth.
Notice that Old Danske Tunge indeed has the Scandinavian articles en/et, which Icelandic never had. Also note Icelandic uses uniquely imported Germanisms, such as "þarf" rather than the Danish "nødes" (to need) which is attested as the N-rune (Nødes-runen/the Naudiz-rune) from the Danish 200-400 AD Elder Futhark runic alphabet.
Your videos should be mandatory in the Norwegian school curriculum. Im a Norwegian studying for my exam in Norwegian literature- and language history and your channel has really helped me by sparking my interest in this subject! Thank you and keep up the good work!
Thank you so very much for sharing this information with us through RUclips. You are doing such brilliant and blessed work here and my gratitude knows no bounds.
Brilliant work!
Keep digging. A professional linguist and historian is a refreshing change. Very well done.
We need much more of work like yours.
As always, love the video. I won’t lie, listening to you speak Norse is a little exciting. It’s kind and generous of you to share what you’ve worked so hard to learn with us. Thank you!
It's nice to know this guy helped out on the new assassin's creed game
Really? Sources?
I've just found this channel and now I know what I'm going to binge watch in the evening.
Keep up the good work! :)
Mr. Crawford, I can't explain how greatful I am for you to share your wisdom and knowledge of norse mythology about freely as you do. What You're doing is awesome & I'll always be thankful for all you've taught and corrected me on.
Hey Jackson just found this video man, seriously thank you for posting. im excited to go through all of them. My dad is from Iceland and we love nothing more than to dive into our culture in every way
Wonderful job like always, thanks Mr.Crawford. Skal
You do good work, Dr. Crawford.
Such a beautiful and fascinating language! Thank you Dr from Italy for this wonderful testimony.
Just wanted to thank you for your final comment about the lack of resources. My interest stems from a general interest in languages and linguistics, and from time to time, have tried delving into Norse but even if I manage to find a resource it is so inadequate that I am left with more questions than answers it can provide. I stumbled across your channel purely by chance only a couple of days ago, but been totally absorbed by your content. I have found out more in these two days than I have in the last decade, giving me a way into your fascinating subject.
Such a beautiful sounding language!! Ty so much Professor.
I recently became part of a Viking re-enactment group that visit markets around europe and do occasional show fights. I'd love to learn Old Norse but proper courses are scarce, incomplete or wrong.
I'd suggest learning Icelandic and then also learning the ON pronunciation.
This sounds amazing! How did you find that group? If you ever come to Germany I'd love to meet you guys!
Agreed. Icelandic is a good starting point. Old Futhark is worth taking a gander at too.
Wow, that's awesome!! What group is it?
Nerd
thank you so much for all that you do Dr. Crawford. i truly enjoy these videos
Thank you so much. I’ve been trying to find an accessible way to learn the language of my ancestors, and here it is, all right here, all for free. I can not express my gratitude sufficiently, this is a wonderful thing you’ve done.
My beard braids are standing on end. To actually here the voices of my ancestors spoken aloud after 1000 years is awesome. I've actually tried two different DNA test kits to be a little more sure and they both come back as predominantly Scandinavian. One says 76% and the other 80%. When I was born I was completely blonde with blue eyes but as I got older my hair darkened to reddish brown. My last name is Barney which is the anglisied version of Bjarne or Bjarni. I just maybe a remote decedent of Bjarni Herjolfsson who was most likely the first European to sight North America. I'm Canadian and one of these days I really have to get out to Labrador to see the Viking settlement.
The first line can be heard in Wardruna - Helvegen, at the end of the song.
Awesome work, Sir. Thank you for keeping both the language and the oral history of my ancestors alive.
I love this channel. I am trying to connect with the Norwegian side of my families roots and have been studying everything about the old Norse culture. This is very helpful. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world, and for doing it so handsomely! 😏
You should do trips to historical sights or do nature walking videos because the place you live in is beautiful!
Where does he live?
Thank you so much for these videos. They are truly helping me teach my students. (Happy to support by buying your book and a shirt, too!)
TY, Dr. Crawford, for bridging the gap so we non-experts can enjoy learning more about Old Norse and other Scandinavian languages. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Yay, Viking Daddy Story time !
Hahahaha! 😂🤣😅
Gulielmus Princeps I mean, weren't we all?
I'm going to memorize this to tell my grandson being of Viking decent myself.
I greatly appreciate your videos, and the information you share. there is one issue I have with people speaking old languages like Latin, old Norse, old English and ancient Greek. it always sounds as though they are giving a formal speech. it's just like my mandarin teacher told me "it's too perfect". it's not how people would actually talk. each person has there own minor "imperfections", that make their speech flow in a natural way.
I've been scouring the internet in search of videos on Old Norse language, mythology, and culture for research for my book, and someone suggested this channel. I'm so glad you are here to bridge the gap. So much I've found online has been speculation where one website would contradict the other.
Much appreciated brother for your commitment and your devotion to education, but above all to not letting another language disappear forever.
Awesome video!
First one is about how important honor is, and your legacy once dead lives forever
You sir have a very lovely voice that is a pleasure to hear
Thank you for your work and these free videos.
So cool! My dad's name is Geir, which means, as you correctly said, 'spear'. Greetings from Norway.
In a interview with Jimmy Kimmel ,Anne Hathaway talks about watching a video of a man in front of a mountain reciting Old Norse poems . Apparently she picked her accent for the HBO production " Witches " from this..😊
Cool
Tack för dessa intresseväckande klipp. By chance i came across your channel quite recently. I find it very inspiring and educational. Luckily I still have many clips yet to discover. Thanks!
Excellent video. Thanks for all you do for us.
lets go raid that ivory tower!
Finally a sensible suggestion!
Hahaha! 😂🤣😅❤
I'll get get the spears and axes you get the men and ships
Heilir hildar til hildi frá koma their heilir hvathan til valholl!
Raiding the ivory tower of Norse knowledge..........
Alright, alright, alright...
Just give me a minute to find my hatchet and my wood chopping ax.
In their tongue he is Dovakhiin. Dragonborn.
I came here looking for old norse but got a cowboy on a mountain speaking old norse truly beautiful
thank Odin for you. I am a 31 year old man from New Orleans and always hated regular school systems but craved learning. as a young man I would skip school and go to Barnes and noble to read history and poetry. Recently I have lost both parents and in an attempt to discover myself and figure out how I came to be, I’ve tried to learn anything I can to educate myself about my ancestry. my father is from Honduras and was raised around that side of family. but we only recently learned my mother was of Icelandic and Norwegian decent with a little Irish, danish and French. I have become consumed with trying to learn about these cultures. And you are doing a massive kindness in sharing your knowledge thank you sir. Skal!
These poems compared to modern Swedish
With regards to the words not being modern Swedish word order in all places, but the form of the poem. And some words might seem to be spelled very differently, but the pronunciation is very similar.
nr 77 in Swedish would be:
Dör fä
Dör vänner
Dör själv av det samma
Och det som aldrig dör:
domen över alla döda
Where the letter ”ö” in Swedish has the same pronunciation as the first part of ”ey” and the letter ”ä” has the same pronunciation as both ”é” and ”æ”.
deyr = dö
fé = fä (exactly the same pronunciation)
sjálfr = själv
sama = samma
aldri = aldrig (normally pronounced with the g silent)
dómr = domen
The word ”frændr” is still used in Swedish ”frände” as more of a metafor for someone who is equal minded to you, on your side, a close ally.
138 just a few words
veit = vet
vindga = vindsvept
nætr = nätter
níu = nio
rotum = rot (singular) rötter (plural)
upp = upp
Number 15
barn = barn (not son anymore, but means child/children)
glad = glad (happy, cheerful, glad)
hverr = var, varje
sinn = sin
nr 20 in Swedish would be:
Hugin och Munin
flyger varje dag
över hela jorden
Jag är orolig för Hugin
att han inte kommer tillbaka,
men jag är mer orolig för Munin.
With the words that are or almost are the same
ok = och (same pronunciation)
Munin - Minne (memory)
fljúga = flyga
hverjan = varje
dag = dag
jormungrund = ”jord” means soil, ”grund” has a lot of meanings but foundation is one of them and basic, ”jorden” means earth
yfir = över
at = att
hann = han
komi-t = kommer - in the tense used in the poem but in another form ”has come” it is ”kommit”.
meirr = mer
Väldigt likt om man tänker på "Gammalsvenska" och hur det låter. Det slog en rejält när man såg jämförelsen på ord, som i din kommentar. :D
Learning Viking language from a cowboy. Exactly how I expect to start my day every morning
Fantastic video! Thank you for all you are doing to share this knowledge. Your books are at the top of my personal “purchase as soon a reasonably possible” list. ;)
A GypsyJourney bo worries, all you need is "Ragnarok", " SKÅL", and "Valhal"
Appreciate all you do for our community Dr Crawford.
Pretty sure Anne Hathaway is talking about you during The Witches promotions
Listen to Einar Selvik's singing this poem.
Thank you for such an interesting presentation. Love the background.
On my own, I chose to study the old ways that they used to speak English about 500 to 700 years ago.
I wanted a friend of mine and I to speak it to each other, but she always answered me in modern English.
I wish there was somebody here in Memphis Tennessee who had an interest in speaking this language.
What you were speaking in this video sounded a lot like the old English I was attempting to learn.
Thanks again, and have a great day.
Thank you. This was beautiful!!!!
Superinteressant å høre. Skal følge med på kanalen din, selv har jeg altfor lite kunnskap om gamle norrøne språk, men du får gode skussmål av norske kolleger. Har du noen forelesninger eller lignende også ute på nett?
Jackson, þuldir þú upp úr Hávamálum eftir minni? Ef svo var, þykir mér þú ansi minnugur! Vel af sér vikið!
A very direct translation of the Icelandic text:
Dr. Crawford, recited you up out of Hávamál after memory? If so was, thinks me you quite memorizing! Well done!
A translation into more natural sounding English:
Dr. Crawford, did you recite from Hávamál by memory? If so, I think you have quite the memory! Well done!
Takk fyrir þetta!/Thanks for this!
jonko82 after memorizing all the declensions needed to learn old Norse, memorizing that looks like nothing
jonko82 i can understand some becouse you can here some Swedish Words (är svensk btw)
@@tedengren9973 Noice også er jeg svensk
@@svefnhnuturthorgeirsson Sikker på at du ikke er norsk? :)
I dont speak any Scandinavian language as a native tongue and havent had time to study my Norwgian but Old norse sounds famailar to me. I understand some of the words and such but not as much as if I spoke Norwegian and English.
Beautiful!😍 I could listen to this all day.
You are strangely intimidating but also fascinating at the same time. Awesome formula for your videos.
Funny how the modern nords can easily understand old norse, but me, a spanish speaker, cant understand a single word of latin.
I can understand some of it...like sama, ok, at, in, nam,rotum(didnt spell that right) all words sound familar to me.
Yeah exactly, I speak portuguese but latin is difficult af for me to understand, that's kinda crazy
Don't worry modern english speakers can't understand old english too.
Latin is further back in time though
@@metalheadcomicbookfan797 I do understand a bit of old english and I recognize a lot of words that are the same in dutch lol im dutch btw lmao
DAMN! What a breathtaking local.
Thank you for this scholarly and yet eminently poetic offering.... I so appreciate your sharing. This particular backdrop shouts perfection. The cowboy hat doesn't hurt either . Your teaching and its presentation has opened my world. I am Norwegian American, seeking to understand my past.
I know swedish and German, and I actually recognized some of the words. But it was quite difficult for most
Thanks, very interesting to hear. I'm a native Swede, and I can understand about every other word. Sounds very similar to Icelandic.
Thank you for the quick lesson!
Thank you for your wisdom and knowledge 🙏
2 Questions to Dr. Jackson Crawford
1) I am having difficulty knowing when I am suppose to use Ø and ǫ when writing in old Norse. I am Icelandic so the two have become ö as you have mentioned. I have watched all of your videos and understand that ǫ sounds like c"o"ffee and the other like b"i"rd but I don't know in what words those pronunciations go since they are all ö in Icelandic
2) This problem get's worse when I start writing in runes. You said in your video that "ár" always represents ǫ and "úr" represents Ø but I have seen you use "úr" to write ǫ (like in ᚠᛁᚢᛚᚴᚢᚾᛁᚴᛦᛅ)
Can you please help me understand when to use Ø and ǫ when writing in the roman alphabet and in runes? Thank you!
Hei:
The letter ǫ always comes from an a, while ø and ǿ/œ always come from an o or ó. This means, that the consonant v as well as the vowels o, ó, u, ú, ø, ǿ/œ, y, and ý are all written with the úr-rune ᚢ.
The problem is how to write ǫ (and a and æ, btw.): Well, this depends if the ǫ is nasal or not. If it's not, you use the ár-rune: ᛅ, however, if it is nasal you use áss: ᚬ.
This is unfortunately as simple as I can put it. You really need to know the etymology of each of these letters in Icelandic. And well, I'm Faroese, so I know your pain, we had some mergers too although not quite in the same way.
Let me also point you to this video by dr. Crawford on a very similar topic and which formed the basis of my reply:
ruclips.net/video/X7Z65582ex4/видео.html
I wanna die like a Viking and my headstone written in runes.
Thank you for your work.
The background in the video is so beautiful to the point of surreality that when you walked out I had to do a double-take as my assumption was shattered. Breath-taking location!
The feeling when this American guy pronounce it better than me who is Swedish rip.
Jackson is incredibly cute and so smart I'm just....
Please keep doing what you're doing Mr Crawford
Thanks man keep it up!! Haha I'm trying to teach myself old norse and your expertise is such a big help thanks man keep it up!!
The Viking cowboy
I accept that these are the linguists' findings but I wonder, wouldn't people skew the pronountiation according to their own comfort and create dialects and accents just like they do now? Especially hearing how unnatural some words sound and there being a possibility to pronounce them more easily when prouncing them a bit 'incorrectly' or negligently.
Just a thought, love you vids, professor,
Greetings from the Czech republic
Mighty Fiikus That's kinda what happened when the language evolved further into the modern dialects. Which words do you find unnatural?
Gulielmus Princeps well thanks for partially answering your question so I don't have to. One of the reasons it sounded artificial and unnatural to me was also because, Old Norse isn't the first language to roll their r's, to pronounce the wh (or ch in my language) the way they did and so on. You can sound similarities in surviving languages l, though maybe not related. As an American, it is no wonder that for example the r sound would be difficult to pronounce it in a way that doesnt sound performative, as you correctly pointed out.
He is right, this does sound unnatual. Old norse is spoken like Icelandic. The only difference is some words are written and spoken slighty different but they have the same meaning and its obvious how they are suppose to sound. The only difference in the first two sentences for an example are ið/hið, aldregi / aldrei.
@@FiikusMaximus To my Scandinavian ears it does not sounds like his trilled R's are incorrectly pronounced, however his Á's are incorrectly pronounced like Å.
@@EyelessEntity that's intentional though. Old Norse á is different than Icelandic á. In the middle ages á sound changes to å basically. Take Hávamál, which as time passed, became written as Håvamål in modern Norwegian.
Beautiful language brother, thanks for the knowledge!
Awesome! Im norwegian and I suddenly felt the urge to look into old norse haha. Keep up the videos! This is one of the very few good sources for learning this language it seems!
Fus Ro Dah.
Od Ah Viing.
Yor Toor Shul.
Wuld Nah Kest.
He looks like Arthur Morgan
Thanks so much! I homeschool and just played this to my (half-Danish) children so they could hear Old Norse, they loved it!
thank you for what you are teaching
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This....this is beautiful. My god, I never knew I needed to see this until now
I am all Scandinavian ancestry. I closed my eyes and just let your words flow over me. Another time, another world. Thank you.
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